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Detention vs Interment - What's the difference?

detention | interment |

As nouns the difference between detention and interment

is that detention is detention while interment is the act of burying a dead body; burial.

detention

English

Noun

(wikipedia detention)
  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * detention basin * detention home

    interment

    English

    (wikipedia interment)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of burying a dead body; burial.

    • Synonyms

    * See also