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Restraint vs Curbless - What's the difference?

restraint | curbless |

As a noun restraint

is (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.

As an adjective curbless is

without restraint; uncurbed, unchecked.

restraint

English

(wikipedia restraint)

Noun

  • (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
    • Make sure all the restraints are tight.
  • (uncountable) control or caution; reserve
    • Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
  • * November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
    • City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.

    Related terms

    * constraint * restrain

    curbless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without restraint; uncurbed, unchecked.
  • * 1856 , Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge, The North American Review?
    • His force was the preternatural activity of a strong imagination, which, curbless and uncontrolled, bore him whithersoever it would.
  • Without a curb (raised margin).
  • * 2008 , Wendy A Jordan, Universal Design for the Home
    • Both the long, angled wall and another, shorter wall in the curbless shower contain glass block windows that provide natural light...