The difference between Limit and Restrain
When used as verbs, limit means to restrict, whereas restrain means to control or keep in check.
Limit is also noun with the meaning: a restriction.
Limit is also adjective with the meaning: being a fixed limit game.
check bellow for the other definitions of Limit and Restrain
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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"
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Restrain as a verb (transitive):
To control or keep in check.
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Restrain as a verb (transitive):
To deprive of liberty.
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Restrain as a verb (transitive):
To restrict or limit.