detain vs cage in

cage in vs detain

detain and cage in both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
detain	No	No	Yes	No
cage in	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cage in is a hyponym of detain; that is, cage in is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than detain:

detain: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
cage in: confine in a cage

Other hyponyms of detain include keep, straiten, gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand, intern, bind over, imprison, cage, pin down, trap, keep in.

detain (verb)	cage in (verb)
cause to be slowed down or delayed	confine in a cage
stop or halt
deprive of freedom; take into confinement

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