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confine vs cumber

cumber vs confine

confine and cumber both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
confine No No Yes No
cumber No No Yes No
As verbs, cumber is a hyponym of confine; that is, cumber is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confine:
  • confine: place limits on (extent or amount or access)
  • cumber: restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
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, crack down, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, encumber, restrain, scant, skimp.
confine (verb) cumber (verb)
place limits on (extent or amount or access) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
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
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