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

  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.

  1. Withstrain as a verb (archaic, transitive):

    To restrain.