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Stricture vs Binding - What's the difference?

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Stricture is a related term of binding.


As nouns the difference between stricture and binding

is that stricture is (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action while binding is an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.

As an adjective binding is

assigning something that one will be held to.

As a verb binding is

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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

    binding

    English

    (wikipedia binding)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Assigning something that one will be held to.
    • This contract is a legally binding agreement.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
  • The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  • (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment
  • (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.

    • Derived terms

    * adapter binding * data binding * dynamic binding * early binding * key binding * late binding * static binding

    Verb

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