Restrain vs Refresh - What's the difference?
restrain | refresh |
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
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, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
To renew or revitalize.
(computing) To reload a document and show any new changes, especially a webpage on the internet.
* 2007 , Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous
(computing) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
* 2007 , Philip C Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)
To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
(computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
As verbs the difference between restrain and refresh
is that restrain is to control or keep in check while refresh is to renew or revitalize.As a noun refresh is
the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.restrain
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(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.}}
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(wikipedia refresh) (es)- Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
- She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.
- You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment
