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Interned vs Interred - What's the difference?

interned | interred |

As verbs the difference between interned and interred

is that interned is past tense of intern while interred is past tense of inter.

As an adjective interred is

having been interred.

interned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (intern)
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    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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    interred

    English

    Alternative forms

    * intered (rare)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having been interred.
  • (of a buried corpse) Located.
  • Synonyms

    * (having been interred) belowground, buried, inhumed * (located) buried

    Antonyms

    * (having been interred) unburied

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inter)
  • * 1623 , William Shakespeare, King Henry V , Crown Publishers, Inc. (1975), page 509
  • I Richard's body have interred new, and on it have bestow'd more contrite tears than from it issu'd forced drops of blood...

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