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Temp vs Intern - What's the difference?

temp | intern |

As nouns the difference between temp and intern

is that temp is a temporary employee, usually in an office while intern is a person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily.

As verbs the difference between temp and intern

is that temp is to work as a temporary employee while intern is to imprison somebody, usually without trial.

As an abbreviation temp

is temperature.

As an adjective intern is

internal.

temp

English

(wikipedia temp)

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • temperature
  • temporary
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a temporary employee, usually in an office
  • (computing, informal, mostly, attributive) a temporary storage location
  • * 2001 , John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware
  • Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register.
  • * 2014 , Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers (page 162)
  • That is, r -values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps )

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To work as a temporary employee.
  • * 2007 , , 01:24:50
  • *:--I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.
  • intern

    English

    Alternative forms

    * interne (archaic)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , compare

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
  • The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
  • # To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
  • The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.
  • (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.
  • I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.
    Derived terms
    * internment * internee

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Internal.
  • (Howell)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) interne 'inner, internal', from (etyl) internus "within, internal", from inter "between"; compare etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • Derived terms
    * internship

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