Constraint vs Bridle - What's the difference?
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Something that constrains.
(mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
A restriction.
The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
* 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês," Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, p. 457:
(figurative) A restraint; a curb; a check.
A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.
A mooring hawser.
A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
To put a bridle on.
* Drake
To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue .
* Burke
To show hostility or resentment.
Constraint is a related term of bridle.
As nouns the difference between constraint and bridle
is that constraint is something that constrains while bridle is the headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.As a verb bridle is
to put a bridle on.constraint
English
(wikipedia constraint)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* constraint satisfactionbridle
English
(wikipedia bridle)Noun
(en noun)- the horseman, who is the user of bridles and knows their use
Derived terms
* bridle path * bridlewiseVerb
(bridl)- He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.
- Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.
- Immigrant-rights and religious organizations bridled at the plan to favor highly skilled workers over relatives.'' (''Houston Chronicle , 6/8/2007)