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Restrictive vs Excessive - What's the difference?

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Restrictive is a related term of excessive.


As adjectives the difference between restrictive and excessive

is that restrictive is confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds while excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

restrictive

English

Adjective

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

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
  • "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * insufficient * deficient

    Derived terms

    * excessive number