The difference between Imprison and Jail
When used as verbs, imprison means to put in or as if in prison, whereas jail means to imprison.
Jail is also noun with the meaning: a place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
check bellow for the other definitions of Imprison and Jail
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Imprison as a verb (transitive):
To put in or as if in prison; confine.
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Jail as a noun:
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
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Jail as a noun (uncountable):
Confinement in a jail.
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Jail as a noun (horse racing):
The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
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Jail as a noun:
In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
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Jail as a noun (computing, [[FreeBSD]]):
A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
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Jail as a verb:
To imprison.