The difference between Repress and Restrict
When used as verbs, repress means to forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further, whereas restrict means to restrain within boundaries.
Repress is also noun with the meaning: a record pressed again.
Restrict is also adjective with the meaning: restricted.
check bellow for the other definitions of Repress and Restrict
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Repress as a verb:
To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
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Repress as a verb:
Hence, to check; to keep back.
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Repress as a verb:
To press again.
Examples:
"to repress a vinyl record"
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Repress as a noun:
A record pressed again; a repressing.
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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.