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Restricted vs Scanted - What's the difference?

restricted | scanted |

As verbs the difference between restricted and scanted

is that restricted is (restrict) while scanted is (scant).

As adjectives the difference between restricted and scanted

is that restricted is limited within bounds while scanted is (archaic) diminished; restricted.

restricted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (restrict)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Limited within bounds.
  • Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
  • One of the classifications of the secrecy of an official document.
  • (grammar) Qualified.

    • Anagrams

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    scanted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scant)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Diminished; restricted.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:
  • *:Subdue desire, and bridle loose delight; / Use '''scanted diet, and forbeare your fill […].
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67:
    • " their generations are neither extinct nor scanted , but are as plentiful as any Creatures on the Land."