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Stricture vs Restriction - What's the difference?

stricture | restriction |

As nouns the difference between stricture and restriction

is that stricture is a rule restricting behaviour or action while restriction is the act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.

stricture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action
    • For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow.
  • a sternly critical remark or review
  • (medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
  • (obsolete) strictness
    • A man of stricture and firm abstinence. — Shakespeare.
  • (obsolete) a stroke; a glance; a touch
  • (linguistics) the degree of contact, in consonants

    • Related terms

    * constriction * strict * stringent

    restriction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
  • A regulation or limitation that restricts.

    • Derived terms

    * restriction enzyme