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Placement vs Intern - What's the difference?

placement | intern |

As nouns the difference between placement and intern

is that placement is the act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed while intern is a person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily or intern can be a student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.

As a verb intern is

to imprison somebody, usually without trial.

As an adjective intern is

(archaic) internal.

placement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
  • A location or position.
  • It seems to me that the placement of that post could be better.
  • The act of matching a person with a job
  • The agency does not guarantee placement , but they work on commission.

    Derived terms

    * job placement * product placement

    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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