but vs limit

but

noun
  • A limit; a boundary. 

  • An instance or example of using the word "but". 

  • The outer room of a small two-room cottage. 

  • The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt. 

conj
  • Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that". 

  • However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence). 

  • Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier. 

  • On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence). 

  • Used at the beginning of a sentence to express opposition to a remark. 

adv
  • Though, however. 

  • Merely, only, just, no more than 

prep
  • Outside of. 

  • Apart from, except (for), excluding. 

limit

noun
  • A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. 

  • The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. 

  • A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. 

  • Fixed limit. 

  • The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. 

  • The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. 

  • A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. 

  • A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). 

  • Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. 

verb
  • To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. 

  • To have a limit in a particular set. 

adj
  • Being a fixed limit game. 

How often have the words but and limit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )