Lockdown vs Emergency - What's the difference?
lockdown | emergency |
(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.
A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
:Cardiac arrest is an emergency and if you find someone in cardiac arrest you should call 999 immediately.
(US, Canada, often attributive) The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
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(archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
As nouns the difference between lockdown and emergency
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 emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.lockdown
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(wikipedia lockdown) (en noun)emergency
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(emergencies)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Van Gaal responded by replacing Adnan Januzaj with Carrick and, in fairness, the emergency centre-half did exceedingly well given that he has not played since May.