Confined vs Minimal - What's the difference?
confined | minimal | Related terms |
(confine)
not free to move
To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on'' or ''with .
* Milton
* Dryden
The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
(arts) characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
(music) characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.
Confined is a related term of minimal.
As adjectives the difference between confined and minimal
is that confined is not free to move while minimal is the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.As a verb confined
is (confine).confined
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(confin)- Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined ! let order die!
- He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
- Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
- Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.
