brake vs restraint

brake and restraint both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brake	Yes	No	Yes	No
restraint	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, restraint is a hypernym of brake; that is, restraint is a word with a broader meaning than brake:

Other hypernyms of brake include constraint.

As nouns, restraint is a hypernym of brake; that is, restraint is a word with a broader meaning than brake:

Other hypernyms of brake include constraint.

brake (noun)	restraint (noun)
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle	the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
anything that slows or hinders a process	a device that retards something's motion
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant	discipline in personal and social activities
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan	lack of ornamentation
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants	a rule or condition that limits freedom
	the state of being physically constrained

brake (verb)	restraint (verb)
cause to stop by applying the brakes
stop travelling by applying a brake