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Limited vs Confine - What's the difference?

limited | confine |

As verbs the difference between limited and confine

is that limited is past tense of limit while confine is to restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.

As an adjective limited

is with certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.

As a noun confine is

limit.

limited

English

(wikipedia limited)

Verb

(head)
  • (limit)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
  • *
    • 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.

    Related terms

    * limitedly * limitedness

    Synonyms

    * finite

    Antonyms

    * unlimited * infinite * endless

    Anagrams

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    confine

    English

    Verb

    (confin)
  • To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined ! let order die!
  • * Dryden
    • He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
  • To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on'' or ''with .
  • * Milton
    • Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
  • * Dryden
    • Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Limit.

    • Synonyms

    * (limit) border, bound, limit English heteronyms ----