The difference between Coerce and Restrict
When used as verbs, coerce means to restrain by force, especially by law or authority, whereas restrict means to restrain within boundaries.
Restrict is also adjective with the meaning: restricted.
check bellow for the other definitions of Coerce and Restrict
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Coerce as a verb (transitive):
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
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Coerce as a verb (transitive):
To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.
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Coerce as a verb (transitive, computing):
To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
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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.