Difference between Restrain and Encumber

RESTRAIN vs ENCUMBER: NOUN

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 draw back toghtly, as a rein.
To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
To limit; to confine; to restrict.
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 withhold; to forbear.

To load with debts, or other legal claims.
To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass
To burden with legal or financial obligations.
To hinder or impede the action or performance of: : hinder.
To cause to have difficulty in moving or in accomplishing something; burden.

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.
To close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
Restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
To draw tight; strain.
Prevent the action or expression of
Keep under control
Keep in check
Prevent (someone or something) from doing something

Restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
To clog or impede with a load, burden, or other hindrance; render difficult or laborious in motion or operation; embarrass; overload; perplex; obstruct.
Specifically To place (property) under a charge or servitude; load with debt or liability: as, to encumber an estate with mortgages, or with a widow's dower; an encumbered title. See encumbrance, 3.

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

Strain, Engage, Retain, Commit, Overburden, Withhold, Entrust, Burden, Impose, Undermine, Jeopardize, Hinder, Cumber, Restrain, Constrain

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

Tax, Occupy, Strain, Retain, Commit, Overburden, Withhold, Entrust, Burden, Impose, Undermine, Jeopardize, Hinder, Restrain, Constrain

Encumber title or commercial code violations must be a wonderful day!
Negative Pledge is a promise not to encumber certain property.
All around us the paraphernalia of death encumber our horizon.
The aforementioned issues would not encumber a speculator, after all.
DIAZEPAM seems like you who encumber of this out there.
You can encumber funds for a blanket purchase agreement.
Laws, and will not unreasonably encumber the Work Site.
Power of trustee to sell, convey and encumber property.
Both spouses signatures are required to convey or encumber.
The Seller undertakes not to encumber or further encumber the Property by a Mortgage Bond on or before the Date of Recording.