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Restrict vs Environ - What's the difference?

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Restrict is a related term of environ.


As verbs the difference between restrict and environ

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 environ is to surround; to encircle.

As an adjective restrict

is (obsolete) restricted.

restrict

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • 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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  • (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
  • If we restrict sine to [-\frac\pi2,\frac\pi2], we can define its inverse.

    Synonyms

    * (to restrain within bounds) limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerce

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Restricted.
  • Anagrams

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    environ

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surround; to encircle.
  • * 1673 , ”:
  • I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
    By the known rules of antient libertie,
    When strait a barbarous noise environs me
    Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs.
  • * Spenser
  • Dwelling in a pleasant glade, / With mountains round about environed .
  • * Shakespeare
  • Environed he was with many foes.
  • * John Donne
  • Environ me with darkness whilst I write.