The difference between Jail and Slammer

When used as nouns, jail means 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, whereas slammer means one who, or that which, slams.

Jail is also verb with the meaning: to imprison.

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  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.

  1. Slammer as a noun:

    One who, or that which, slams.

  2. Slammer as a noun (slang, usually "the slammer"):

    Jail, prison.

  3. Slammer as a noun:

    A tequila cocktail.

  4. Slammer as a noun:

    One who takes part in slam-dance.

  5. Slammer as a noun:

    One who competes in a poetry slam.

  6. Slammer as a noun:

    In the game of , the heavier piece used to strike the stack of counters.

  7. Slammer as a noun (UK, slang):

    A slam-door train.

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