jail |
imprisonment |
As nouns the difference between jail and imprisonment
is that
jail is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding while
imprisonment is a confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.
As a verb jail
is to imprison.
jail |
cell |
As nouns the difference between jail and cell
is that
jail is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding while
cell is a single-room dwelling for a hermit.
As verbs the difference between jail and cell
is that
jail is to imprison while
cell is to place or enclose in a cell.
arrest |
jail |
As nouns the difference between arrest and jail
is that
arrest is a check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something while
jail is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
As verbs the difference between arrest and jail
is that
arrest is to stop the motion of (a person or animal) while
jail is to imprison.
jail |
ringolevio |
As nouns the difference between jail and ringolevio
is that
jail is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding while
ringolevio is (us) a children's game, a variation of tag, where each side has a designated "jail" to hold captured players from the other team.
As a verb jail
is to imprison.
jail |
rejail |
As verbs the difference between jail and rejail
is that
jail is to imprison while
rejail is to jail again.
As a noun jail
is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
jail |
jailbreaker |
As nouns the difference between jail and jailbreaker
is that
jail is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding while
jailbreaker is one who breaks out of jail.
As a verb jail
is to imprison.
jail |
bastille |
As nouns the difference between jail and bastille
is that
jail is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding while
bastille is a castle tower, or fortified building; a small citadel or fortress.
As a verb jail
is to imprison.
As a proper noun Bastille is
a prison in France, the storming of which in 1789 CE began the
French Revolution.
jail |
jailless |
As a noun jail
is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
As a verb jail
is to imprison.
As an adjective jailless is
without a jail or jails.
jail |
jailable |
As a noun jail
is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
As a verb jail
is to imprison.
As an adjective jailable is
(of an offence) for which one may be jailed.
jail |
jailkeeper |
As nouns the difference between jail and jailkeeper
is that
jail is a place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding while
jailkeeper is one who keeps a jail; a jailer.
As a verb jail
is to imprison.
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