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Restrain vs Tally - What's the difference?

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Restrain is a related term of tally.


In lang=en terms the difference between restrain and tally

is that restrain is   to restrict or limit while tally is to correspond or agree.

As verbs the difference between restrain and tally

is that restrain is   to control or keep in check while tally is to count something.

As an adjective tally is

(label) used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).

As an interjection tally is

target sighted.

As a noun tally is

originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;.

As an adverb tally is

(obsolete) in a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

restrain

English

Verb

(en verb)
  •   To control or keep in check.
  •   To deprive of liberty.
  •   To restrict or limit.
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    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * restraint

    Anagrams

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    tally

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
  • Up and over to victory! Tally ho!

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Target sighted.
  • ''(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”
    (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally .

    Usage notes

    In aviation radio usage, more common than original (m). In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.Federal Aviation Administration: Pilot/Controller Glossary (P/CG)], [https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/pcg/T.HTM T (Traffic)

    Synonyms

    * (target sighted) (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) tallie, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (tallies)
  • Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;
  • Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
  • Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
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  • One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
  • * Dryden
  • They were framed the tallies for each other.
  • A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
  • A tally shop.
  • Verb

  • To count something.
  • To record something by making marks.
  • To make things correspond or agree with each other.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • They are not so well tallied to the present juncture.
  • To keep score.
  • To correspond or agree.
  • * Addison
  • I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel.
  • * Walpole
  • Your idea tallies exactly with mine.
  • (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
  • Etymology 3

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
  • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

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