Restriction vs Bridle - What's the difference?
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The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
A regulation or limitation that restricts.
The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
* 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês," Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92, p. 457:
(figurative) A restraint; a curb; a check.
A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.
A mooring hawser.
A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
To put a bridle on.
* Drake
To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue .
* Burke
To show hostility or resentment.
Restriction is a related term of bridle.
As nouns the difference between restriction and bridle
is that restriction is the act of restricting, or the state of being restricted while bridle is the headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.As a verb bridle is
to put a bridle on.restriction
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* restriction enzymebridle
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(wikipedia bridle)Noun
(en noun)- the horseman, who is the user of bridles and knows their use
Derived terms
* bridle path * bridlewiseVerb
(bridl)- He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist.
- Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation.
- Immigrant-rights and religious organizations bridled at the plan to favor highly skilled workers over relatives.'' (''Houston Chronicle , 6/8/2007)