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Constraint vs Containment - What's the difference?

constraint | containment |

As nouns the difference between constraint and containment

is that constraint is something that constrains while containment is (uncountable) the state of being contained.

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

    containment

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being contained.
  • (uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
  • (uncountable, countable) Something contained.
  • (uncountable, countable) a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
  • (countable) a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
  • (countable, mathematics) an inclusion