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Binding vs Restraining - What's the difference?

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Binding is a synonym of restraining.


As nouns the difference between binding and restraining

is that binding is an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together while restraining is the act by which someone or something is restrained.

As verbs the difference between binding and restraining

is that binding is while restraining is .

As an adjective binding

is assigning something that one will be held to.

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)
    • ----

    restraining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which someone or something is restrained.
  • * George Meredith
    • She had the privilege of a soul beyond our minor rules and restrainings to speak her wishes to the true wife of a mock husband—no husband; less a husband than this shadow of a woman a wife, she said;