Sojourn vs Reprieve - What's the difference?
sojourn | reprieve |
A short stay somewhere.
* 2006 , Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)
A temporary residence.
To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
* Bible, Genesis xii. 30
* Hayward
To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
To bring relief to someone.
* South
(obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
A document authorizing such an action.
Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
As nouns the difference between sojourn and reprieve
is that sojourn is a short stay somewhere while reprieve is the cancellation or postponement of a punishment.As verbs the difference between sojourn and reprieve
is that sojourn is to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger while reprieve is to cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.sojourn
English
Noun
(en noun)- The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues
- Though long detained / In that obscure sojourn . — Milton.
Verb
- Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.
- The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days.
Conjugation
* The archaic third-person singular present active indicative form sojourneth is also attested.References
Anagrams
*reprieve
English
Verb
(repriev)- Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.