restriction vs classification

restriction and classification both are nouns.

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

As nouns, classification is a hyponym of restriction; that is, classification is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than restriction:

restriction: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
classification: restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

Other hyponyms of restriction include specification, stipulation, circumscription, constraint.

restriction (noun)	classification (noun)
an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)	the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)	restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
a principle that limits the extent of something	the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
	a group of people or things arranged by class or category

restriction vs classification

restriction and classification both are nouns.

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