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Constraint vs Bottleneck - What's the difference?

constraint | bottleneck |

As nouns the difference between constraint and bottleneck

is that constraint is something that constrains while bottleneck is the narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

As a verb bottleneck is

to slow by causing a bottleneck.

constraint

English

(wikipedia constraint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that constrains.
  • (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
  • A restriction.

    • Derived terms

    * constraint satisfaction

    Related terms

    * restraint

    bottleneck

    English

    (wikipedia bottleneck)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
  • In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
  • Any delay; part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
    • It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck .
    The bottleneck in this computer program is the inefficient sorting process; we should replace it with a faster one.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To slow by causing a bottleneck.
    • The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.
  • To form a bottleneck.
    • The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.