The difference between Restrict and Withstrain
When used as verbs, restrict means to restrain within boundaries, whereas withstrain means to restrain.
Restrict is also adjective with the meaning: restricted.
check bellow for the other definitions of Restrict and Withstrain
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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.
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Withstrain as a verb (archaic, transitive):
To restrain.