Restrain vs Reserved - What's the difference?
restrain | reserved |
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
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(reserve)
(comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
(not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
As verbs the difference between restrain and reserved
is that restrain is to control or keep in check while reserved is (reserve).As an adjective reserved is
(comparable) slow to reveal emotion or opinions.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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* * * * * * English transitive verbsreserved
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(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a quiet, reserved person.
- I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.