different between restrict vs restain

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restring? (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + string? (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

restrict (third-person singular simple present restricts, present participle restricting, simple past and past participle restricted)

1. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
2. (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.

   If we restrict sine to ${\displaystyle [-{\frac {\pi }{2}},{\frac {\pi }{2}}]}$, we can define its inverse.

Synonyms

• (to restrain within bounds): limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerce

Related terms

• restriction
• restraint
• restrain

Translations

Adjective

restrict (comparative more restrict, superlative most restrict)

1. (obsolete) Restricted.

Anagrams

• critters, stricter

English

Etymology

re- +? stain

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??ste?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Verb

restain (third-person singular simple present restains, present participle restaining, simple past and past participle restained)

1. to stain again

Anagrams

• Reitans, Stanier, anestri, antsier, atrines, erastin, in tears, nastier, rainest, ratinés, resiant, retains, retinas, retsina, rinsate, stainer, starnie, stearin, tin ears, transie