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Limitation vs Bottleneck - What's the difference?

limitation | bottleneck |

As nouns the difference between limitation and bottleneck

is that limitation is the act of limiting or the state of being limited while bottleneck is the narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

As a verb bottleneck is

to slow by causing a bottleneck.

limitation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
  • A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
    • Getting into his wheelchair after his amputation it felt like a limitation you could roll in.
    He understood the exam material but his fear was a limitation he could not overcome.
  • An imperfection or shortcoming which limits somethings use or value.
  • A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
    • ''The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the 10 years limitation

    Derived terms

    * limitationional * statute of limitation

    Related terms

    * limitative

    Antonyms

    * limitelessness

    bottleneck

    English

    (wikipedia bottleneck)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
  • In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
  • Any delay; part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
    • It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck .
    The bottleneck in this computer program is the inefficient sorting process; we should replace it with a faster one.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To slow by causing a bottleneck.
    • The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.
  • To form a bottleneck.
    • The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.