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Sanatorium vs Asylum - What's the difference?

sanatorium | asylum |

As nouns the difference between sanatorium and asylum

is that sanatorium is an institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence while asylum is a place of safety.

sanatorium

English

Alternative forms

* sanitarium (US)

Noun

(wikipedia sanatorium) (en-noun)
  • an institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence

    • asylum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place of safety.
  • The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
  • A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum , it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.

    Synonyms

    * sanctuary * shelter

    Derived terms

    * insane asylum * mental asylum * orphan asylum * asylum seeker

    See also

    * refugee ----