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Imprisinment vs Detention - What's the difference?

imprisinment | detention |

As a noun detention is

detention.

Detainage is likely misspelled.

Detainage has no English definition.

As a noun detention

is the act of detaining or the state of being detained.

Prison vs Detention - What's the difference?

prison | detention |

In uncountable terms the difference between prison and detention

is that prison is confinement in prison while detention is the act of detaining or the state of being detained.

As nouns the difference between prison and detention

is that prison is a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government while detention is the act of detaining or the state of being detained.

As a verb prison

is to imprison.

Attention vs Detention - What's the difference?

attention | detention |

As nouns the difference between attention and detention

is that attention is (label) mental focus while detention is detention.

As an interjection attention

is .

Detention vs Despatch - What's the difference?

detention | despatch |

As nouns the difference between detention and despatch

is that detention is detention while despatch is (see also wikipedia's ).

As a verb despatch is

Confiscation vs Detention - What's the difference?

confiscation | detention |

As nouns the difference between confiscation and detention

is that confiscation is the act or process of confiscating while detention is the act of detaining or the state of being detained.