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Inmate vs Connate - What's the difference?

inmate | connate |

As a noun inmate

is a person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).

As an adjective connate is

cognate.

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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    connate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • cognate
  • inborn
  • (botany) united with others of the same kind (especially of sepals or petals)
  • (geology) trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum)