The difference between Limit and Restrict

When used as verbs, limit means to restrict, whereas restrict means to restrain within boundaries.

When used as adjectives, limit means being a fixed limit game, whereas restrict means restricted.


Limit is also noun with the meaning: a restriction.

check bellow for the other definitions of Limit and Restrict

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. Limit as a noun (mathematics):

    Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

    Examples:

    "Category theory defines a very general concept of limit."

  4. 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"

  5. Limit as a noun (poker):

    Short for fixed limit.

  6. 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"

  7. Limit as a noun (obsolete):

    The space or thing defined by limits.

  8. Limit as a noun (obsolete):

    That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

  9. Limit as a noun (obsolete):

    A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.

  10. Limit as a noun (logic, metaphysics):

    A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.

  11. Limit as a noun (cycling):

    The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.

  1. Limit as an adjective (poker):

    Being a fixed limit game.

  1. 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."

  2. Limit as a verb (mathematics, intransitive):

    To have a limit in a particular set.

    Examples:

    "The sequence limits on the point ''a''."

  3. Limit as a verb (obsolete):

    To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

    Examples:

    "a limiting friar"

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  1. Restrict as an adjective (obsolete):

    Restricted.