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Striction vs Astriction - What's the difference?

striction | astriction |

As nouns the difference between striction and astriction

is that striction is the act of constricting, or the state of being constricted while astriction is the act of binding; restriction; obligation.

striction

English

Noun

  • The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
  • Derived terms

    * line of striction (Webster 1913)

    astriction

    English

    Noun

  • The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
  • (Milton)
  • (medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
  • (Dunglison)
  • (obsolete) constipation
  • (Arbuthnot)
  • (obsolete) astringency
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • (legal, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)
  • (Bell)
    (Webster 1913)