Restrict vs Abstain - What's the difference?
restrict | abstain |
To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
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, year=2011
, date=September 28
, author=Jon Smith
, title=Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea
, work=BBC Sport
(specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites.
* Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? - Shakespeare, Richard II, II-i
(obsolete) Fast.
Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
* Not a few abstained from voting. -
(obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold.
* Whether he abstain men from marying [sic]. -
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between restrict and abstain
is that restrict is (obsolete) restricted while abstain is (obsolete) hinder; keep back; withhold .As verbs the difference between restrict and abstain
is that restrict is to restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet while abstain is (transitive|reflexive|obsolete) keep or withhold oneself .As an adjective restrict
is (obsolete) restricted.restrict
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(en verb)citation, page= , passage=It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.}}
- If we restrict sine to , we can define its inverse.