The difference between Restrain and Stifle
When used as verbs, restrain means to control or keep in check, whereas stifle means to interrupt or cut off.
Stifle is also noun with the meaning: a hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
check bellow for the other definitions of Restrain and Stifle
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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.
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Stifle as a noun:
A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
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Stifle as a noun (veterinary medicine):
A bone disease of this region.
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Stifle as a verb (transitive):
To interrupt or cut off.
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Stifle as a verb (transitive):
To repress, keep in or hold back.
Examples:
"The army stifled the rebellion."
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Stifle as a verb (transitive):
To smother or suffocate.
Examples:
"The heat was stifling the children."
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Stifle as a verb (intransitive):
To feel smothered etc.
Examples:
"The heat felt stifling."
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Stifle as a verb (intransitive):
To die of suffocation.
Examples:
"Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom."
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Stifle as a verb (transitive):
To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.