Confinement and Quarantine

Confinement

Confinement noun - The act of confining or the state of being confined.

Quarantine and confinement are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quarantine" instead a noun "Confinement".

Nearby Words: confine, confined, confining

Quarantine

Quarantine noun - Isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease.
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Synonyms for Quarantine

Confinement and quarantine are semantically related. You can use "Confinement" instead a noun "Quarantine".

Nearby Words: quarantined, quarantining

Both words in one sentence

  • A local disease control guy tells him the only remedy is quarantine, leaving Lydia to try to keep him from going (more) insane from the confinement.
    Source: Cabin Fever
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