Inturn vs Intern - What's the difference?
inturn | intern |
To turn in or inward.
*1904 , United States Patent Office, ''
The act or process of turning in.
(wrestling) The act of a wrestler when he puts his thigh between the tights of his opponent, and lists him up. 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
In transitive terms the difference between inturn and intern
is that inturn is to turn in or inward while intern is to imprison somebody, usually without trial.As an adjective intern is
internal.inturn
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Verb
(en verb)- A machine of the class described, comprising in combination with a suitably-actuated needle, a driving-shaft, means actuated from said shaft for carrying two or more plies of material through the machine, and similarly-actuated means working alternately with the needle to inturn the edges of said plies.
Derived terms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)intern
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Alternative forms
* interne (archaic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) , compareVerb
(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.