Frustrate vs Restrain - What's the difference?
frustrate | restrain |
To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
To hinder or thwart.
To cause stress or panic
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 lang=en terms the difference between frustrate and restrain
is that frustrate is to cause stress or panic while restrain is to restrict or limit.As verbs the difference between frustrate and restrain
is that frustrate is to disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired while restrain is to control or keep in check.As an adjective frustrate
is vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.frustrate
English
Verb
(frustrat)- It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
- My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
- This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.
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* (English Citations of "frustrate")restrain
English
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.}}