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      • check implies restraining or impeding a progress, activity, or impetus. trying to check government spending curb suggests an abrupt or drastic checking.
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  2. As nouns the difference between check and curb is that check is a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece while curb is a row of concrete along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK. As verbs the difference between check and curb is that check is to inspect; to examine while curb is to check, restrain or control.

  3. Difference between Curb and Check What is the difference between Curb and Check? Curb as a verb is to check, restrain or control. while Check as a verb is to inspect; to examine.

  4. : a raised edge or margin to strengthen or confine. d. : an enclosing frame, border, or edging. 2. a. : check, restraint. a price curb. government policies that are designed to put a curb on spending. b. : a bit that exerts severe pressure on a horse's jaws. also : the chain or strap attached to it see bit illustration. curb. 2 of 2. verb.

  5. What's the difference between check and curb? Check. Definition: (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move. (n.)

  6. CURB definition: 1. to control or limit something that is not wanted: 2. a limit on something that is not wanted…. Learn more.

  7. Curb and kerb are two spellings of a term that denotes the same physical feature: the edged boundary between a road and a sidewalk. The primary difference lies in their regional use, with curb being the standard in American English and kerb in British English.

  8. A curb is the edge of the sidewalk beside the road. When you're using the word curb as a noun, it's the raised edging beside a street. When curb is a verb, it means to restrain or hold back, like when you curb your impulse to laugh while watching a badly acted play.

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