Constrain vs Interference - What's the difference?
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To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.
To keep within close bounds; to confine.
To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
(sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
(physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as a distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
(US, legal) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
(chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
As a verb constrain
is to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.As a noun interference is
interference (all senses).constrain
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(wikipedia interference)Noun
- They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference .
- They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.