Difference between Confine and Restrain

CONFINE vs RESTRAIN: NOUN

A boundary-line or limit; bound; border; precinct.
That part of a territory which is at or near the border; the frontier: used generally in the plural, and often figuratively: as, the confines of France or of Scotland.
Territory; region; district.
An inhabitant of a contiguous district; a neighbor.
A place of confinement; a prison.
In geom. of n-dimensions, that which corresponds to a closed volume in three dimensions.
Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Limit.
Apartment; place of restraint; prison.

Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Place limits on (extent or access)
Close in or confine
Restrict or confine, I limit you to two visits to the pub a day restrictorconfineilimityoutotw
To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area
Close in
Restrict or confine,
Prevent from leaving or from being removed

To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
To be in childbed.
To restrict in movement.
To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.
To keep within bounds; restrict: : limit.

To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
To hold, fasten, or secure so as to prevent or limit movement.
To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way.
To hold back or keep in check; control.
To draw back toghtly, as a rein.
To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.
To withhold; to forbear.
To limit; to confine; to restrict.

Bordering; having a common boundary; adjacent; contiguous.
To have a common boundary; border; abut; be in contact: followed by on or with.
To restrict within bounds; limit; inclose; bound; hence, imprison; immure; shut up.
Synonyms To bound, circumscribe, restrict, incarcerate.
Place limits on (extent or amount or access)
To close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
Darkness enclosed him"
Deprive of freedom
Take into confinement

To draw tight; strain.
To hold back; hold in; check; confine; hold from action or motion, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; hence, to repress or suppress: as, to restrain a horse by a bridle; to restrain men from crimes and trespasses by laws; to restrain, laughter.
To abridge; restrict; hinder from liberty of action.
To limit; confine; restrict in definition.
To withhold; forbear.
To forbid; prohibit.
Synonyms Restrain, Repress, Restrict; stop, withhold, curb, bridle, coerce. Restrain and repress are general words for holding or pressing back; restrict applies to holding back to a more definite degree: as, to restrain one's appetite; to restrict one's self in food or to a certain diet. That which we restrain we keep within limits; that which we restrict we keep within certain definite limits; that which we repress we try to put out of existence.
Keep under control
Prevent the action or expression of
Prevent (someone or something) from doing something
Keep in check
Restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
To close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

Contain, Concentrate, Constrain, Keep, Hold in, Throttle, Bound, Hold, Trammel, Detain, Limit, Enclose, Circumscribe, Restrain, Restrict

Subdue, Keep back, Hold back, Cumber, Bound, Throttle, Hold, Trammel, Encumber, Limit, Keep, Restrict, Confine, Intimidate, Constrain

Focus, Narrow, Curtail, Contain, Constrain, Keep, Throttle, Bound, Hold, Detain, Limit, Enclose, Circumscribe, Restrain, Restrict

Curtail, Suppress, Rein, Subdue, Keep back, Bound, Throttle, Hold, Encumber, Limit, Keep, Restrict, Confine, Intimidate, Constrain

Confine the fire or emergency without endangering yourself.
Detention: To physically restrain or confine an individual.
The boundaries of Judea could not confine him.
Indian movements and confine tribes to specific regions.
Verde e Turcano, al confine con il Molise.
Not standing at doors which the books confine.
Proclamation of dog dangers; duty to confine dogs.
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CONFINE: confine the fire by closing all doors and windows.