Difference between Close and Confined

What is the difference between Close and Confined?

Close as an adjective is closed, shut. while Confined as an adjective is not free to move

Close

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Closed, shut. At a little distance; near. Intimate; well-loved. hot, humid, with no wind.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To obstruct (an opening). To move so that an opening is closed. To put an end to. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon. To make a sale. To make the final outs, usually three, of a game. To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An end of something. An enclosed field. A street that ends in a dead end. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor. A cathedral close.

Example sentence: Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.

Confined

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not free to move

Example sentence: For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals.

We hope you now know whether to use Close or Confined in your sentence.

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