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Felon vs Inmate - What's the difference?

felon | inmate | Related terms |

Felon is a related term of inmate.


As nouns the difference between felon and inmate

is that felon is villain (wicket person) while inmate is a person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).

As an adjective felon

is treacherous.

felon

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) felun, feloun, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who has committed a felony.
  • * 1859 , (Charles Dickens), A Tale of Two Cities , James Nisbet & Company (1902), Book 3, Chapter 6, page 340:
    • Looking at the Jury and the turbulent audience, he might have thought that the usual order of things was reversed, and that the felons were trying the honest men.
  • (legal) A person who has been tried]] and [[conviction, convicted of a felony.
    • Synonyms
    * (one who has committed a felony) criminal; convict; malefactor; culprit
    Related terms
    * felonious * felony

    Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe.

    • See also

    * whitlow

    References

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    inmate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient)
  • A person who occupies or dwells within a dwelling-house. The word came to be used to refer to temporary inhabitants such as guests in a hotel, students in an on-campus dormitory, patients in a hospital, or prisoners.

    • Usage notes

    Perhaps around 1970, television journalists began to use the word as a euphemism for "prisoner", and today perhaps many young people cannot remember that it ever had any other meaning.

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