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cell vs detention centre

detention centre vs cell

cell and detention centre both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cell Yes No No No
detention centre Yes No No No
As nouns, detention centre is a hyponym of cell; that is, detention centre is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cell:
  • cell: a room where a prisoner is kept
  • detention centre: a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
Other hyponyms of cell include bullpen, detention cell, cooler, tank, dungeon, guardroom, hold, keep, sweatbox.
cell (noun) detention centre (noun)
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
a room where a prisoner is kept
small room in which a monk or nun lives
any small compartment
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
Difference between cell and detention centre

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