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confinement vs imprisonment

imprisonment vs confinement

confinement and imprisonment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
confinement Yes No No No
imprisonment Yes No No No
As nouns, imprisonment is a hyponym of confinement; that is, imprisonment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confinement:
  • confinement: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
  • imprisonment: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Other hyponyms of confinement include internment, house arrest, commitment, committal, consignment.
As nouns, imprisonment is a hyponym of confinement; that is, imprisonment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confinement:
  • confinement: the state of being confined
  • imprisonment: the state of being imprisoned
Other hyponyms of confinement include constraint, restraint, captivity, immurement, incarceration, custody, detainment, detention, hold, solitary, solitary confinement.
confinement (noun) imprisonment (noun)
the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
the state of being confined the state of being imprisoned
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Difference between confinement and imprisonment

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