Restrict vs Punctual - What's the difference?
restrict | punctual |
To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
* {{quote-news
, 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.
prompt or on time
# (of an event ) Happening at the appointed time
# (of a person ) Acting at the appointed time
(mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points
(linguistics) Expressing momentary action that has no duration
As adjectives the difference between restrict and punctual
is that restrict is (obsolete) restricted while punctual is prompt or on time.As a verb 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.restrict
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Verb
(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.
Synonyms
* (to restrain within bounds) limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerceAnagrams
* *punctual
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Alternative forms
* punctuall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Luis is never late; he's the most punctual person I know.
