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Constriction vs Incarceration - What's the difference?

constriction | incarceration |

As nouns the difference between constriction and incarceration

is that constriction is the act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts while incarceration is the act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

constriction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of constricting, the state of being constricted, or something that constricts
  • A narrow part of something; a stricture
  • A compression

    • incarceration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
  • Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
  • A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

    • Related terms

    * incarcerate