Limitation vs. Constraint: What's the Difference?
Limitation and Constraint Definitions
Limitation
The act of limiting or the state of being limited
He was very successful in his limitation of salt intake.
Constraint
The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
Limitation
A limiting rule or condition; a restriction
Are there any limitations on the agreement?.
Constraint
The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds
Soon tired of the constraint of military life.
Limitation
A shortcoming or defect
We need to overcome our limitations if we want to succeed.
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Constraint
One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check
Ignored all moral constraints in his pursuit of success.
Limitation
(Law) A period established by statute during which a lawsuit or criminal prosecution must be initiated.
Constraint
Embarrassed reserve or reticence; awkwardness
"All constraint had vanished between the two, and they began to talk" (Edith Wharton).
Limitation
The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
Constraint
Something that constrains; a restriction.
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Limitation
A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
Getting into his wheelchair after his amputation, it felt like a limitation you could roll in.
He understood the exam material, but his fear was a limitation he could not overcome.
Constraint
An irresistible force or compulsion.
Limitation
An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
Constraint
The repression of one's feelings.
Limitation
(law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the ten-year limitation.
Constraint
(mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
Limitation
The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.
They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of the possible modes of existence in the universe.
Constraint
(databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.
Limitation
That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.
The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and limitations all principles have in regard of the matter whereunto they are applicable.
Constraint
The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.
Long imprisonment and hard constraint.
Not by constraint, but by my choice, I came.
Limitation
A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district.
Constraint
The state of being physically constrained;
Dogs should be kept under restraint
Limitation
A limited time within or during which something is to be done.
You have stood your limitation, and the tribunesEndue you with the people's voice.
Constraint
A device that retards something's motion;
The car did not have proper restraints fitted
Limitation
A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
Constraint
The act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
Limitation
A principle that limits the extent of something;
I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements
Limitation
The quality of being limited or restricted;
It is a good plan but it has serious limitations
Limitation
The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed;
There are limits on the amount you can bet
It is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight
Limitation
(law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought;
Statute of limitations
Limitation
An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
