Difference between Limit and Circumscribe

What is the difference between Limit and Circumscribe?

Limit as a verb is to restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound. while Circumscribe as a verb is to draw a line around; to encircle.

Limit

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Being a fixed limit game.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound. To have a limit in a particular set.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. A value to which a sequence converges. Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. Short for fixed limit. The final, utmost, or furthest point.

Example sentence: Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

Circumscribe

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To draw a line around; to encircle.To limit narrowly; to restrict.To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

We hope you now know whether to use Limit or Circumscribe in your sentence.

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