Restrained vs Strict - What's the difference?
restrained | strict | Related terms |
Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
(restrain)
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Tense; not relaxed.
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
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(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Severe in discipline.
Restrained is a related term of strict.
As adjectives the difference between restrained and strict
is that restrained is held back, limited, kept in check or under control while strict is strained; drawn close; tight.As a verb restrained
is (restrain).restrained
English
Adjective
(head)- He greeted her for the first time in three years with a restrained embrace.
Verb
(head)- He was restrained by the straight jacket.
Anagrams
*strict
English
Adjective
(er)- strict embrace
- strict ligature
- strict fiber
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
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- very strict in observing the Sabbath
- to understand words in a strict sense