Strangulated vs Incarcerated - What's the difference?
strangulated | incarcerated |
(strangulate)
(medicine) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.
(botany) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
(incarcerate)
To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
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To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
As verbs the difference between strangulated and incarcerated
is that strangulated is past tense of strangulate while incarcerated is past tense of incarcerate.As an adjective strangulated
is having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.strangulated
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(-)- a strangulated hernia
incarcerated
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(head)incarcerate
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(incarcerat)Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
- Tolokonnikova has also been an effective public speaker even while incarcerated , but she has spoken out on politics and freedom in general rather than prisoners’ rights.
