Resilient vs Restrain - What's the difference?
resilient | restrain |
Able to endure tribulation without cracking.
* 1994 , Michael Grumley, The Last Diary :
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
As verbs the difference between resilient and restrain
is that resilient is while restrain is to control or keep in check.resilient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He’s resilient , and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.
Derived terms
* resilienceSynonyms
* bendable * flexible * strongAntonyms
* brittle * fragilerestrain
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}