Prison vs Imprisonment - What's the difference?
prison | imprisonment | Synonyms |
A place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
(uncountable) Confinement in prison.
(colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.
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Imprisonment is a synonym of prison.
As nouns the difference between prison and imprisonment
is that prison is a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government while imprisonment is a confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.As a verb prison
is to imprison.prison
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(wikipedia prison)Noun
- The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
- Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
- The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.
Synonyms
* (place) bridewell; see also . * (confinement) imprisonmentCoordinate terms
* (place) gaol, jailDerived terms
* imprison * prison camp * prison cell * prison chaser * prisoner * prison guard * prisonhouse * prison officer * prison record * prison sentence * prison wardenAnagrams
* * * 1000 English basic words ----imprisonment
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Alternative forms
* emprisonment (obsolete)Noun
- His sinews waxen weak and raw / Through long imprisonment and hard constraint.
- Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment , whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by forcibly detaining one in the public streets.
- Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments , tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings