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Stricture vs Constrain - What's the difference?

stricture | constrain |

As a noun stricture

is (usually in plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action.

As a verb constrain is

to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.

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

    constrain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.
  • To keep within close bounds; to confine.
  • To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

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    Anagrams

    * English control verbs