different between restrictive vs closed

English

Etymology

From Middle French restrictif.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

restrictive (comparative more restrictive, superlative most restrictive)

1. Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
2. (Of clothing) limiting free and easy bodily movement.

Translations

French

Adjective

restrictive

1. feminine singular of restrictif

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kl??zd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /klo?zd/
• Rhymes: -??zd

Adjective

closed (not comparable)

1. Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open.
2. (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.
3. Not public.

4. (topology, of a set) Having an open complement.
5. (mathematics, of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.

6. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
7. (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
8. (phonology) Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
9. (phonology) Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /?/ in pin.

Synonyms

• shut

Antonyms

• (also phonetics (of vowels, syllables)): open

Derived terms

• a closed mouth catches no flies
• a closed mouth gathers no feet

Translations

See also

• close

Verb

closed

1. simple past tense and past participle of close

Anagrams

• Dolces, codels, codles, dolces

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl?s?d/

Noun

closed m (plural closedau)

1. Alternative form of closet

Mutation