The difference between Bound and Restrict
When used as verbs, bound means to surround a territory or other geographical entity, whereas restrict means to restrain within boundaries.
When used as adjectives, bound means obliged (to), whereas restrict means restricted.
Bound is also noun with the meaning: a boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bound and Restrict
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Bound as a verb:
Examples:
"I bound the [[splint]] to my leg."
"I had bound the splint with [[duct tape]]."
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Bound as an adjective (with infinitive):
Obliged (to).
Examples:
"You are not legally bound to reply."
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Bound as an adjective (with infinitive):
Very likely (to), certain to
Examples:
"They were bound to come into conflict eventually."
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Bound as an adjective (linguistics, of a [[morpheme]]):
That cannot stand alone as a free word.
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Bound as an adjective (mathematics, logic, of a [[variable]]):
Constrained by a quantifier.
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Bound as an adjective (dated):
Constipated; costive.
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Bound as an adjective:
Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
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Bound as an adjective:
Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
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Bound as a noun (often, used in plural):
A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
Examples:
"I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on."
"Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure."
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Bound as a noun (mathematics):
A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
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Bound as a verb:
To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
Examples:
"France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain."
"Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west."
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Bound as a verb (mathematics):
To be the boundary of.
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Bound as a noun:
A sizeable jump, great leap.
Examples:
"The deer crossed the stream in a single bound."
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Bound as a noun:
A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
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Bound as a noun (dated):
A bounce; a rebound.
Examples:
"the bound of a ball"
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Bound as a verb (intransitive):
To leap, move by jumping.
Examples:
"The rabbit bounded down the lane."
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Bound as a verb (transitive):
To cause to leap.
Examples:
"to bound a horse"
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Bound as a verb (intransitive, dated):
To rebound; to bounce.
Examples:
"a rubber ball bounds on the floor"
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Bound as a verb (transitive, dated):
To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
Examples:
"to bound a ball on the floor"
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Bound as an adjective (obsolete):
Ready, prepared.
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Bound as an adjective:
Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
Examples:
"Which way are you bound?"
"Is that message bound for me?"
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Restrict as a verb:
To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
Examples:
"After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt."
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Restrict as a verb (specifically, mathematics):
To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
Examples:
"If we restrict sine to <math>[-\frac\pi2,\frac\pi2]</math>, we can define its inverse."
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Restrict as an adjective (obsolete):
Restricted.