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Congestion vs Confinement - What's the difference?

congestion | confinement |

As nouns the difference between congestion and confinement

is that congestion is congestion while confinement is the act of confining or the state of being confined.

congestion

English

(wikipedia congestion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
  • An excess of traffic.
  • (medicine) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
  • (medicine) An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.

    • Derived terms

    * congestion charge or congestion pricing

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    confinement

    English

    Noun

  • the act of confining or the state of being confined
  • lying-in, time of giving birth
  • *1913 , DH Lawrence,
  • *:At the wakes time Morel was working badly, and Mrs. Morel was trying to save against her confinement .