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Restraining vs Stringent - What's the difference?

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Restraining is a related term of stringent.


As a verb restraining

is .

As a noun restraining

is the act by which someone or something is restrained.

As an adjective stringent is

strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe.

restraining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which someone or something is restrained.
  • * George Meredith
    • 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;

    stringent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe
    • They have stringent quality requirements outlining what is acceptable.

    Related terms

    * strict * stricture

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