Detention vs Conviction - What's the difference?
detention | conviction |
(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.
(countable) A firmly held belief.
(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 14
, author=Steven Morris
, title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave
, work=Guardian
(uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
(uncountable) The state of being convinced.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]
In uncountable terms the difference between detention and conviction
is that detention is the act of detaining or the state of being detained while conviction is the state of being convinced.In countable terms the difference between detention and conviction
is that detention is a temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished while conviction is a judgement of guilt in a court of law.detention
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(wikipedia detention)Derived terms
* detention basin * detention homeconviction
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(wikipedia conviction)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions . Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.}}
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.