Restraining vs Astringent - What's the difference?
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The act by which someone or something is restrained.
* George Meredith
Sharp, caustic, severe.
(medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
As nouns the difference between restraining and astringent
is that restraining is the act by which someone or something is restrained while astringent is a substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.As a verb restraining
is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective astringent is
sharp, caustic, severe.restraining
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(en noun)- She had the privilege of a soul beyond our minor rules and restrainings to speak her wishes to the true wife of a mock husband—no husband; less a husband than this shadow of a woman a wife, she said;