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bonded labor vs bondage

bondage vs bonded labor

bonded labor and bondage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bonded labor Yes No No No
bondage Yes No No No
As nouns, bondage is a hypernym of bonded labor; that is, bondage is a word with a broader meaning than bonded labor:
  • bonded labor: a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States
  • bondage: the state of being under the control of another person
Other hypernyms of bonded labor include slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom.
bonded labor (noun) bondage (noun)
a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners
the state of being under the control of another person
the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
Difference between bonded labor and bondage

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