As nouns the difference between astriction and constriction
is that
astriction is the act of binding; restriction; obligation while
constriction is the act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts.
astriction English
Noun
The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
- (Milton)
(medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
- (Dunglison)
(obsolete) constipation
- (Arbuthnot)
(obsolete) astringency
- (Francis Bacon)
(legal, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)
- (Bell)
( Webster 1913)
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constriction English
Noun
( en noun)
The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts
A narrow part of something; a stricture
A compression
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