Tranquilize vs Restrain - What's the difference?
tranquilize | restrain | Related terms |
To use a drug to sedate a person or animal.
To make something or someone tranquil; to pacify or calm.
To become tranquil; to relax.
To calm down.
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
As verbs the difference between tranquilize and restrain
is that tranquilize is to use a drug to sedate a person or animal while restrain is To control or keep in check.tranquilize
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Alternative forms
* tranquillize, tranquilise, tranquilliseVerb
Derived terms
* tranquilizer ----restrain
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(en verb)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}