circumscribe vs cut back

circumscribe and cut back both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
circumscribe	No	No	Yes	No
cut back	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cut back is a hyponym of circumscribe; that is, cut back is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than circumscribe:

circumscribe: restrict or confine within limits
cut back: place restrictions on

Other hyponyms of circumscribe include hold down, keep down, number, cap, curb, curtail, restrict.

circumscribe (verb)	cut back (verb)
restrict or confine within limits	place restrictions on
draw a line around	cut down on; make a reduction in
to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect	cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
	return in time

circumscribe vs cut back

circumscribe and cut back both are verbs.

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