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Confine vs Caught - What's the difference?

confine | caught |

As adjectives the difference between confine and caught

is that confine is stale while caught is (cricket) of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

As a verb caught is

(catch).

confine

English

Verb

(confin)
  • To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined ! let order die!
  • * Dryden
  • He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
  • To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on'' or ''with .
  • * Milton
  • Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
  • * Dryden
  • Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Limit.
  • Synonyms

    * (limit) border, bound, limit English heteronyms ----

    caught

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (catch)
  • Derived terms

    * caught in the act * caught red-handed * caught with one's hand in the cookie jar