What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Lockup vs Lockdown - What's the difference?

lockup | lockdown |

As nouns the difference between lockup and lockdown

is that lockup is a jail, prison while 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.

lockup

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A jail, prison.
  • :He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly.
  • (UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage
  • :Joe keeps his other car in a lockup downtown.

    • Anagrams

    *

    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.