The difference between Curb and Limit
When used as nouns, curb means a concrete margin along the edge of a road, whereas limit means a restriction.
When used as verbs, curb means to check, restrain or control, whereas limit means to restrict.
Limit is also adjective with the meaning: being a fixed limit game.
check bellow for the other definitions of Curb and Limit
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Curb as a noun (North America):
A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK)
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Curb as a noun:
A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
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Curb as a noun:
Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
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Curb as a noun:
A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
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Curb as a noun (North America):
A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with an adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
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Curb as a noun:
A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
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Curb as a verb (transitive):
To check, restrain or control.
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Curb as a verb (transitive):
To rein in.
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Curb as a verb (transitive):
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
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Curb as a verb (transitive):
To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
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Curb as a verb (transitive):
To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
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Curb as a verb (transitive):
To bend or curve.
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Curb as a verb (intransitive):
To crouch; to cringe.
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Limit as a noun:
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
Examples:
"There are several existing limits to executive power."
"Two drinks is my limit tonight."
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Limit as a noun (mathematics):
A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
Examples:
"The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit."
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Limit as a noun (mathematics):
Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
Examples:
"Category theory defines a very general concept of limit."
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Limit as a noun (category theory):
The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
Examples:
"hyponyms terminal object categorical product pullback equalizer"
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Limit as a noun (poker):
Short for fixed limit.
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Limit as a noun:
The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
Examples:
"the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country"
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Limit as a noun (obsolete):
The space or thing defined by limits.
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Limit as a noun (obsolete):
That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
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Limit as a noun (obsolete):
A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
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Limit as a noun (logic, metaphysics):
A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
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Limit as a noun (cycling):
The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
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Limit as an adjective (poker):
Being a fixed limit game.
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Limit as a verb (transitive):
To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
Examples:
"We need to limit the power of the executive."
"I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight."
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Limit as a verb (mathematics, intransitive):
To have a limit in a particular set.
Examples:
"The sequence limits on the point ''a''."
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Limit as a verb (obsolete):
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
Examples:
"a limiting friar"