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Inmate vs Cellmate - What's the difference?

inmate | cellmate |

As nouns the difference between inmate and cellmate

is that inmate is a person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient while cellmate is person with whom one shares a prison cell.

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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    cellmate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Person with whom one shares a prison cell.

    • Synonyms

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