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Dungeon vs Confinement - What's the difference?

dungeon | confinement |

As nouns the difference between dungeon and confinement

is that dungeon is an underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle while confinement is the act of confining or the state of being confined.

dungeon

English

Noun

(wikipedia dungeon) (en noun)
  • An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
  • * Macaulay
    • Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon .
  • (obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
  • (games) An area inhabited by enemies]], containing story objectives, treasure and [[boss, bosses.

    • Hyponyms

    * oubliette

    Derived terms

    * instance dungeon * dungeon crawler

    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 .