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Prevention vs Constraint - What's the difference?

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Prevention is a related term of constraint.


As nouns the difference between prevention and constraint

is that prevention is prevention while constraint is something that constrains.

prevention

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • The greater the distance, the greater the prevention .
  • (obsolete) Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks; hence, precaution; forethought.
  • (Hammond)
    (Shakespeare)
  • The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
  • (South)
  • * Shakespeare
  • Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention .

    constraint

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that constrains.
  • (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
  • A restriction.
  • Derived terms

    * constraint satisfaction