different between restraining vs obstructive

restraining

English

Verb

restraining

  1. present participle of restrain

Noun

restraining (plural restrainings)

  1. The act by which someone or something is restrained.
    • 1895, George Meredith, The Amazing Marriage
      She had the privilege of a soul beyond our minor rules and restrainings to speak her wishes to the true wife of a mock husband—no husband; less a husband than this shadow of a woman a wife, she said; []

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obstructive

English

Etymology

obstruct +? -ive

Adjective

obstructive (comparative more obstructive, superlative most obstructive)

  1. Causing obstructions.
    • I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive.

Derived terms

  • deobstructive
  • obstructively
  • obstructiveness

Translations

Noun

obstructive (plural obstructives)

  1. One who obstructs something.

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