Exile vs Prison - What's the difference?
exile | prison |
The state of being banished from one's home or country.
* Shakespeare
Someone who is banished from one's home or country.
* Shakespeare
To send into exile.
* Tennyson
* Shakespeare
A place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
(uncountable) Confinement in prison.
(colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
As nouns the difference between exile and prison
is that exile is exile (someone in exile) while prison is a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.As verbs the difference between exile and prison
is that exile is while prison is to imprison.As an adjective exile
is exiled, in exile.exile
English
Noun
(wikipedia exile) (en noun)- Let them be recalled from their exile .
- Thou art an exile , and thou must not stay.
Synonyms
* (the state) banishment * (the person) expatriate, expatDerived terms
* internal exileVerb
(exil)- Exiled from eternal God.
- Calling home our exiled friends abroad.
Synonyms
* banishAnagrams
* ----prison
English
(wikipedia prison)Noun
- The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
- Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
- The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.