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Constraint vs Encirclement - What's the difference?

constraint | encirclement |

As nouns the difference between constraint and encirclement

is that constraint is something that constrains while encirclement is the act of encircling or the state of being encircled.

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

    encirclement

    English

    (wikipedia encirclement)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of encircling or the state of being encircled
  • (military) The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it
  • *1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 9:
  • *:Not only did it give the Russians an abiding fear of encirclement , whether by nomadic hordes or by nuclear-missile sites, but it also launched them on their relentless drive eastwards and southwards into Asia, and eventually collision with the British in India.