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Restrictive vs Curtail - What's the difference?

restrictive | curtail |

As an adjective restrictive

is confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.

As a verb curtail is

(obsolete) to cut short the tail of an animal.

As a noun curtail is

(architecture) a scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

restrictive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.

    • curtail

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
    • ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
  • To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
    • When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
  • (figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
    • Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
  • * Macaulay
    • Our incomes have been curtailed ; his salary has been doubled.

    Synonyms

    * (animal's tail) crop, dock * shorten * behedge, control, limit, restrain

    Derived terms

    * curtailer * curtailment

    Related terms

    * curt * curtal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

    • Anagrams

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