The difference between Contain and Control
When used as verbs, contain means to hold inside, whereas control means to exercise influence over.
Control is also noun with the meaning: influence or authority over something.
check bellow for the other definitions of Contain and Control
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Contain as a verb (transitive):
To hold inside.
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Contain as a verb (transitive):
To include as a part.
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Contain as a verb (transitive):
To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
Examples:
"I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!"
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Contain as a verb (mathematics, of a [[set]] etc., transitive):
To have as an element or subset.
Examples:
"A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements."
"If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning."
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Contain as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
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Control as a verb (transitive):
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
Examples:
"synonyms: besteer bewield manage puppeteer rule"
"With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck."
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Control as a verb (transitive, statistics):
(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
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Control as a noun (countable, uncountable):
Influence or authority over something.
Examples:
"The government has complete control over the situation."
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Control as a noun:
A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.
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Control as a noun:
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
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Control as a noun:
Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
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Control as a noun:
A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
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Control as a noun (project management):
A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
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Control as a noun:
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
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Control as a noun (graphical user interface):
An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Examples:
"synonyms: widget"
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Control as a noun (climatology):
Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
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Control as a noun (linguistics):
A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See .