The difference between Incarcerate and Jail

When used as verbs, incarcerate means to lock away, 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.

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  1. Incarcerate as a verb:

    To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.

  2. Incarcerate as a verb:

    To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.

  1. 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.

  2. Jail as a noun (uncountable):

    Confinement in a jail.

  3. 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).

  4. Jail as a noun:

    In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.

  5. Jail as a noun (computing, [[FreeBSD]]):

    A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.

  1. Jail as a verb:

    To imprison.

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