Incarcerate vs Incarcerated - What's the difference?
incarcerate | incarcerated |
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.
(incarcerate)
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 incarcerate and incarcerated
is that incarcerate is to lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law while incarcerated is (incarcerate).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.
Usage notes
As a Latinate term, somewhat formal, compared to imprison.Synonyms
* imprison * jailDerived terms
* incarcerationExternal links
* * ----incarcerated
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(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.