Limited vs Circumscribed - What's the difference?
limited | circumscribed | Synonyms |
(limit)
With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
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(circumscribe)
To draw a line around; to encircle.
To limit narrowly; to restrict.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
As verbs the difference between limited and circumscribed
is that limited is past tense of limit while circumscribed is past tense of circumscribe.As an adjective limited
is with certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.limited
English
(wikipedia limited)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
Synonyms
* finiteAntonyms
* unlimited * infinite * endlessAnagrams
*circumscribed
English
Verb
(head)circumscribe
English
Verb
(circumscrib)Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].}}
