Incapacitate vs Incarcerate - What's the difference?
incapacitate | incarcerate |
to make incapable (of doing something)
To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
* 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, "
To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
As verbs the difference between incapacitate and incarcerate
is that incapacitate is to make incapable (of doing something) while incarcerate is to lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.incapacitate
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(incapacitat)- The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head
incarcerate
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(incarcerat)Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
- Tolokonnikova has also been an effective public speaker even while incarcerated , but she has spoken out on politics and freedom in general rather than prisoners’ rights.