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Lockdown vs Blockade - What's the difference?

lockdown | blockade |

As nouns the difference between lockdown and blockade

is that lockdown is (in an institution, such as a prison or school) The confinement of people in their own rooms (or cells) as a security measure after a disturbance while blockade is the physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.

As a verb blockade is

to create a blockade against.

lockdown

English

Noun

(wikipedia lockdown) (en noun)
  • (in an institution, such as a prison or school ) The confinement of people in their own rooms (or cells) as a security measure after a disturbance
  • (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

    • blockade

    English

    (wikipedia blockade)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
  • By extension, any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
  • (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
  • (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it

    • Verb

  • To create a blockade against.

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