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Constraint vs Compulsatory - What's the difference?

constraint | compulsatory |

As a noun constraint

is something that constrains.

As an adjective compulsatory is

enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory.

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

    compulsatory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory.
  • * c.1599-1601 , , Act 1, Scene 1,
    • But to recover of us, by strong hand / And terms compulsatory , those foresaid lands / So by his father lost: ...
  • * 1810 , Louisa Sidney Stanhope, Di Montranzo ,
    • Shall I patiently await the return of the guard destined to seize Father Brazilio, destined to conduct him a prisoner to Rome, and likewise destined to obtain the packet once written by Father Luitfrido, and deposited by him in the hands of the Abbot of St. Romuald, and which the absolution of a compulsatory vow no longer rendered sacred?
  • * 1951', , '''''Compulsatory education in Australia: a study by the Australian national co-operating body for education ,