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Binding vs Costive - What's the difference?

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Binding is a synonym of costive.


As adjectives the difference between binding and costive

is that binding is assigning something that one will be held to while costive is constipated.

As a noun binding

is an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.

As a verb binding

is .

binding

English

(wikipedia binding)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Assigning something that one will be held to.
    • This contract is a legally binding agreement.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
  • The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  • (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment
  • (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.

    • Derived terms

    * adapter binding * data binding * dynamic binding * early binding * key binding * late binding * static binding

    Verb

    (head)
    • ----

    costive

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • constipated
  • miserly, parsimonious

    • Quotations

    ; constipated (figurative) * 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 346: *: Melanie, who was used to Wani's costive memos, and even to dressing up the gist of a letter in her own words, stuck out her tongue in concentration as she took down Nick's old-fashioned periods and perplexing semicolons.