circumscription vs restriction

circumscription and restriction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
circumscription	Yes	No	No	No
restriction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, restriction is a hypernym of circumscription; that is, restriction is a word with a broader meaning than circumscription:

circumscription: the act of circumscribing
restriction: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

Other hypernyms of circumscription include confinement.

circumscription (noun)	restriction (noun)
the act of circumscribing	an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
	the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
	a principle that limits the extent of something