Intern vs Inter - What's the difference?
intern | inter |
To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
# To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
(computing) To internalize.
To work as an intern. Usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field
A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training
To bury in a grave.
As verbs the difference between intern and inter
is that intern is to imprison somebody, usually without trial while inter is to bury in a grave.As a noun intern
is a person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily.As an adjective intern
is internal.intern
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* interne (archaic)Etymology 1
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(en verb)- The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
- The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.
- I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.