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internment vs imprisonment

imprisonment vs internment

internment and imprisonment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
internment Yes No No No
imprisonment Yes No No No
As nouns, internment and imprisonment are synonyms defined as:
  • internment and imprisonment: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
As nouns, imprisonment is a hypernym of internment; that is, imprisonment is a word with a broader meaning than internment:
  • internment: confinement during wartime
  • imprisonment: the state of being imprisoned
Other hypernyms of internment include captivity, immurement, incarceration.
internment (noun) imprisonment (noun)
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
confinement during wartime the state of being imprisoned
Difference between internment and imprisonment

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