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confine vs crack down

crack down vs confine

confine and crack down both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
confine No No Yes No
crack down No No Yes No
As verbs, crack down is a hyponym of confine; that is, crack down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confine:
  • confine: place limits on (extent or amount or access)
  • crack down: repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
Other hyponyms of confine include reduce, tighten, tie, gate, draw a line, draw the line, mark off, mark out, cramp, halter, hamper, strangle, constrain, stiffen, tighten, tighten up, clamp down, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, cumber, encumber, restrain, scant, skimp.
confine (verb) crack down (verb)
place limits on (extent or amount or access) repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
prevent from leaving or from being removed
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
close in
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