different between imprison vs restrict

English

Alternative forms

• emprison

Etymology

From Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p??z?n/
• Rhymes: -?z?n

Verb

imprison (third-person singular simple present imprisons, present participle imprisoning, simple past and past participle imprisoned)

1. (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine.

Usage notes

The term to imprison implies a sentencing has taken place, whereas to jail may imply a temporary holding before a trial, conviction, and sentencing.

Synonyms

• bang up
• gaol, jail
• lock up
• put away
• (Britain, colloquial) send to the Tower
• See also Thesaurus:imprison

Derived terms

• imprisoner
• imprisonment

Translations

Anagrams

• promisin'

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