detain

As verbs the difference between detain and cryofocus

is that detain is keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention while cryofocus is (chemistry) to trap or detain gaseous compounds in a cryotrap.

In lang=en terms the difference between detain and forhold

is that detain is to keep back or from; to withhold while forhold is to detain; hold up; hold back; retain; withhold; limit.

As verbs the difference between detain and forhold

is that detain is keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention while forhold is to detain; hold up; hold back; retain; withhold; limit.

As a verb detain

is keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

As a noun laojiao is

a system of administrative detentions in the people's republic of china in which penal labour is done for a small salary, generally used to detain people who have committed minor crimes.

As a verb detain

is keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

As a noun detainer is

the right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will. A type of custody.