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Prisoner vs Jailer - What's the difference?

prisoner | jailer |

As nouns the difference between prisoner and jailer

is that prisoner is a person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence while jailer is one who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

prisoner

English

(wikipedia prisoner)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
  • Any person held against their will.
  • *
  • *:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

    • Related terms

    * imprison * prison

    jailer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * jailor * gaoler (obsolete) * gaolor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

    • Synonyms

    * corrections officer * guard * warden * warder