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Confined vs Constricted - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between confined and constricted

is that confined is past tense of confine while constricted is past tense of constrict.

As an adjective confined

is not free to move.

confined

English

Verb

(head)
  • (confine)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • not free to move

    • 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 ----

    constricted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (constrict)

    • constrict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To narrow, especially by applying pressure.

    • Derived terms

    * constriction

    Related terms

    * restrict * strict

    See also

    * constrain