Embarrass vs Restrain - What's the difference?
embarrass | restrain | Related terms |
to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
In transitive terms the difference between embarrass and restrain
is that embarrass is to involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands while restrain is To restrict or limit.embarrass
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Verb
(es)- The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.
- Business is embarrassed'''; public affairs are '''embarrassed .
- A man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.
Synonyms
* (humiliate) abash, discomfit, disconcert, humiliate, shame * See alsoDerived terms
* embarrassmentExternal links
* *restrain
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Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}