quarantine vs isolation

quarantine and isolation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
quarantine	Yes	No	Yes	No
isolation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, isolation is a hypernym of quarantine; that is, isolation is a word with a broader meaning than quarantine:

quarantine: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
isolation: the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

Other hypernyms of quarantine include closing off.

As nouns, isolation is a hypernym of quarantine; that is, isolation is a word with a broader meaning than quarantine:

quarantine: enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
isolation: a state of separation between persons or groups

quarantine (noun)	isolation (noun)
isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease	the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease	a country's withdrawal from international politics
	a feeling of being disliked and alone
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
	a state of separation between persons or groups

quarantine (verb)	isolation (verb)
place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons