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Grammar and Linguistics > inmate or convict?
inmate or convict?
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binabo
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inmate or convict?
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Hi!
Could you please tell me which is the difference between these 2 words? inmate and convict could be synonyms?
thanks in advance for your help!
S.B. |
24 Sep 2013
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ueslteacher
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The way I see it, they are inmates to each other and they �re convicts to all the rest of us:)
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24 Sep 2013
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aliciapc
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For me : Convict - only in prison. Inmate - prison, mental hospital, other institution |
24 Sep 2013
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edrodmedina
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It �s a British English thing. It �s the answer a friend gives when asked: Are you going out or staying in? Inmate.  Ed |
24 Sep 2013
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yanogator
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Ed, go to your room! Bruce |
24 Sep 2013
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Jayho
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Actually, Ed is right, I think. In my neck of the woods we use the word inmate, usually a prison inmate. Convict as a noun is not current usage. To us, a convict is a word used in history for the English prisoners that came out to the Australian penal colony in the early 1800s. But, convict as a verb, is current. |
24 Sep 2013
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douglas
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Technically, prisoner, imate and convict are all synonyms (prisoner can have a few other meanings though)
In the USA, it is quite common to hear "he �s an ex-con" ("con" being short for convict).
Here is an interesting take on the two terms ("inmate" is offensive to "convicts"):
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25 Sep 2013
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binabo
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Thanks a lot for your help!
Have a nice day! |
25 Sep 2013
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