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confine vs tighten up

tighten up vs confine

confine and tighten up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
confine No No Yes No
tighten up No No Yes No
As verbs, tighten up is a hyponym of confine; that is, tighten up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confine:
  • confine: place limits on (extent or amount or access)
  • tighten up: severely restrict in scope or extent
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, clamp down, crack down, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, cumber, encumber, restrain, scant, skimp.
confine (verb) tighten up (verb)
place limits on (extent or amount or access) severely restrict in scope or extent
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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