As verbs the difference between stint and restrict
is that
stint is (archaic|intransitive) to stop (an action); cease, desist while
restrict is to restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
As a noun stint
is a period of time spent doing or being something a spell or
stint can be any of several very small wading birds in the genus
calidris types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling or
stint can be (
medical device).
As an adjective restrict is
(obsolete) restricted.