Restrict vs Preclude - What's the difference?
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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.
Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
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As verbs the difference between restrict and preclude
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 preclude is remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.As an adjective restrict
is restricted.restrict
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- If we restrict sine to , we can define its inverse.
Synonyms
* (to restrain within bounds) limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerceAnagrams
* *preclude
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(preclud)- It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
- Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.