Intern vs Restrain - What's the difference?
intern | restrain | Related terms |
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 control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
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, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
In transitive terms the difference between intern and restrain
is that intern is to imprison somebody, usually without trial while restrain is To restrict or limit.As a noun intern
is a person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily.As an adjective intern
is internal.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.
Derived terms
* internment * interneeEtymology 2
From (etyl) interne 'inner, internal', from (etyl) internus "within, internal", from inter "between"; compare etymology 1Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* internshipAnagrams
* ----restrain
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Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}