Difference between Confining and Close

What is the difference between Confining and Close?

Confining as a verb is to restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area. while Close as a verb is to obstruct (an opening).

Confining

Part of speech: verb

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

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: Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.

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

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