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cramp vs confine

confine vs cramp

cramp is a noun but confine is not a noun.

cramp and confine both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cramp Yes No Yes No
confine No No Yes No
As verbs, confine is a hypernym of cramp; that is, confine is a word with a broader meaning than cramp:
  • cramp: prevent the progress or free movement of
  • confine: place limits on (extent or amount or access)
Other hypernyms of cramp include bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel.
cramp (noun) confine (noun)
a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
cramp (verb) confine (verb)
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle place limits on (extent or amount or access)
affect with or as if with a cramp to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
prevent the progress or free movement of prevent from leaving or from being removed
secure with a cramp deprive of freedom; take into confinement
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