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Confined vs Specified - What's the difference?

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Confined is a related term of specified.


As verbs the difference between confined and specified

is that confined is (confine) while specified is (specify).

As adjectives the difference between confined and specified

is that confined is not free to move while specified is thoroughly explained; adequately commented.

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 ----

    specified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Thoroughly explained; adequately commented.
  • Antonyms

    * unspecified

    Verb

    (head)
  • (specify)