Restrained vs Cooler - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between restrained and cooler

is that restrained is held back, limited, kept in check or under control while cooler is (cool).

is (restrain).

(countable) anything which cools.

(head)

Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.

He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace.

(head)

(restrain)

He was restrained by the straight jacket.

(countable) anything which cools

If acid things were used only as coolers , they would not be so proper in this case. — Arbuthnot.

(countable) an insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping

(US, countable, or, uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled

They served wine coolers in the afternoon.

(US, slang) a prison

"About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap." - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler

(poker, colloquial) A cold deck.

(countable) a bouncer or door man

* car fridge * cool bag, cool box (UK) * chilly bin (New Zealand) * esky (Australia) * ice chest * bouncer

(head)

(cool)

He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.

* cooler heads will prevail

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