What's the difference between restrained and reticent?

Restrained


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Restrain

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
  • (2) It was hypothesized that compensatory restraining influences of surrounding soft tissues prevented a more severe facial malformation from occurring.
  • (3) After restrained least-squares refinement of the enzyme-substrate complex with the riboflavin omitted from the model, additional electron density appeared near the pyrophosphate, which indicated the presence of an ADPR molecule in the FAD binding site of PHBH.
  • (4) During collection, the rat was restrained in a plastic holder where it was free to eat.
  • (5) He could be the target of more punishing wit, as when Michael Foot, noting a tendency to be tougher abroad than at home, called him "a belligerent Bertie Wooster without even a Jeeves to restrain him."
  • (6) The apparatus consists of three basic components; a set of 4 strain gauge platforms on which the quadruped is trained to stand, a restraining device to keep the animal positioned over the strain gauge platforms and two mobile plates which mechanically stimulate the left or the right forelimb to produce the placing movement.
  • (7) The proposed new law gives victims of violence access to redress and protection, including restraining orders, and it requires local governments to set up more shelters.
  • (8) The structure of Mn(III) superoxide dismutase (Mn(III)SOD) from Thermus thermophilus, a tetramer of chains 203 residues in length, has been refined by restrained least-squares methods.
  • (9) These linkages could functionally restrain or assist in homeostatically restoring organelles to their normal position after the rearrangement that accompanies the substantial shortening of smooth muscle cells.
  • (10) A full-body restraining device was constructed that permits the short-term recording of physiologic data (respiration, electrocardiogram, arterial blood pressure, and electroencephalogram) in unanesthetized rats.
  • (11) For example, a majority of the respondents (82.2%) believed that it was appropriate to keep a patient restrained lying flat in bed.
  • (12) The reduced Hill coefficients and enhanced oxygen affinity are assumed to be due to impairment of the inter-chain contacts, to restrained cooperative mobility, and heterogeneity of the coupling products.
  • (13) The mean body temperature of restrained toms declined during the first 150 min of RE and then stabilized.
  • (14) Today, I am working clinically with Sam*, who moved to Dimensions from an assessment and treatment unit where he was often physically restrained to prevent incidents of aggression.
  • (15) Out of the total of 333 deaths, 87 people had been restrained, most commonly being physically held down by officers.
  • (16) We also examined the effect of an external restraining force on tibial subluxation in the ACL deficient knee.
  • (17) There was no significant difference between apparent pA2 values of unstressed and restrained rats using pA2 regression line analysis.
  • (18) Perhaps an independent Scotland would offer a restrained alternative to Westminster's current slash and burn.
  • (19) For training, head restrained animals were oscillated on a turntable in front of an optokinetic pattern projected onto a cylindrical wall.
  • (20) Significant increases in Tre were observed in the no-behaviour and the semi-restrained groups during cold exposure.

Reticent


Definition:

  • (a.) Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The simple answer: absolutely no.” The reticence of others to publicly support her had been disheartening at times.
  • (2) And as for his much-feted reticence and unwillingness to be made into a 'personality' himself well, you'd have to say that was the icing on the cake.
  • (3) San Dhillon, the executive director at Exane BNP Paribas, saidBT has been “reticent and hesitant” to offer remedies that would truly make Openreach independent.
  • (4) He developed a parallel career as a rock video director after mentioning in a meeting with record label and film company Warp that he loved the Arctic Monkeys, and ended up directing a string of videos for them (given the band's legendary reticence, the mind boggles at what the initial meeting was like) as well as Vampire Weekend , Kasabian and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs .
  • (5) I want this to happen in a consensual, sensible, non-inflammatory way and that's why I've been so reticent about it."
  • (6) The famously reticent Tartt has not given an interview about herself or her writing for a decade.
  • (7) Ophthalmologists have shown some reticence to having the entire bony support of the medial wall of the orbit and half the floor removed.
  • (8) I’m not talking about a reticence that would be linked to a physical problem, I’m talking about the heart that’s not quite in it anymore.
  • (9) I’m still not sure we were right to take it off.” The British have always been less comfortable accepting labels than the Americans but there’s much more to Benner’s reticence and Thompson’s unease around the term than that.
  • (10) Le Pen’s campaign, which begins in earnest in February, will depend heavily on Philippot’s claim that he can neutralise hostility and win over reticent parts of the electorate.
  • (11) My colleague is still very reticent at attending the very international conferences she should be going to in order to become a successful academic.
  • (12) There is unlikely to be such reticence from the Football Association towards the Goodison club after numerous objects were thrown at Suárez in the closing minutes.
  • (13) Shelvey’s only previous cap came in October 2012 against San Marino, as a 66th-minute substitute, and he has spent long periods out of contention, not helped by his apparent attitude when he was playing for England’s Under-21s and, according to Hodgson, the midfielder was reticent to be involved with Gareth Southgate’s team.
  • (14) Owing to the breakdown of the Libyan state and reticence from the Tunisian government they sometimes go undocumented.
  • (15) The Retics, NRBC and other red blood cell indices do not differ from those of neonates reported from other parts of the world.
  • (16) The evidence suggests that more timely, targeted training around the culture of knowledge brokering in the formative years could help to overcome this reticence.
  • (17) People who have invested more in Hillary’s campaign are understandably reluctant to defect, if you will, before there’s something to defect to.” He added: “I would say there is a big shift.” The reticence of such donors to speak publicly, let alone switch their money yet, speaks to the nervousness of these next few days for the Draft Biden movement, particularly as Tuesday’s first Democratic debate is likely to come and go without their candidate on the stage.
  • (18) If she’d turned over the records it would have put an end to it pretty early.” Clinton’s hankering for privacy should not be confused with reticence.
  • (19) These results suggest that the problems of faulty memory and conceptual confusion about serious events can be overcome with careful question wording and administration procedures, but that the problem of respondent reticence about reporting sensitive events remains unresolved.
  • (20) Unless a concrete reason was present, Danish medical students were very reticent concerning discussion of the injurious effects of smoking with patients.