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Restricting vs Restrictive - What's the difference?

restricting | restrictive |

As adjectives the difference between restricting and restrictive

is that restricting is serving to restrict while restrictive is confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.

As a verb restricting

is .

restricting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • serving to restrict

    • restrictive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.