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Carb vs Circumscribe - What's the difference?

carb | circumscribe |

As a noun carb

is (informal|usually|in the plural).

As a verb circumscribe is

to draw a line around; to encircle.

carb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal, usually, in the plural)
    • I'm cutting down on carbs to try and lose weight.
  • (informal)
    • This is what controls the flow of fuel into the carb .

    Synonyms

    * carby, carbie

    Derived terms

    * carb up * low-carb

    See also

    * carb-

    Anagrams

    * English clippings

    circumscribe

    English

    Verb

    (circumscrib)
  • To draw a line around; to encircle.
  • To limit narrowly; to restrict.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].}}
  • (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

    • Derived terms

    * circumscription

    Related terms

    * -scribe