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Confinement vs Constraint - What's the difference?

confinement | constraint |

As nouns the difference between confinement and constraint

is that confinement is the act of confining or the state of being confined while constraint is something that constrains.

confinement

English

Noun

  • the act of confining or the state of being confined
  • lying-in, time of giving birth
  • *1913 , DH Lawrence,
  • *:At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save against her confinement .

    • constraint

    English

    (wikipedia constraint)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that constrains.
  • (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
  • A restriction.

    • Derived terms

    * constraint satisfaction

    Related terms

    * restraint