confine vs lock away

confine and lock away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confine	No	No	Yes	No
lock away	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lock away is a hyponym of confine; that is, lock away is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confine:

confine: prevent from leaving or from being removed
lock away: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

Other hyponyms of confine include cabin, closet, coop in, coop up, lock, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up, lock in, seal in.

confine (verb)	lock away (verb)
place limits on (extent or amount or access)	place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
prevent from leaving or from being removed
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
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