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Entrapped vs Confined - What's the difference?

entrapped | confined |

As verbs the difference between entrapped and confined

is that entrapped is (entrap) while confined is (confine).

As an adjective confined is

not free to move.

entrapped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (entrap)

    • entrap

    English

    Verb

    (entrapp)
  • To catch something in a trap or snare.
  • To lure someone, either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.

    • Usage notes

    (term) is a more intense form of (trap): see en-.

    Synonyms

    * betrap

    Derived terms

    *entrapment

    Anagrams

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    confined

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (confine)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • not free to move

    • confine

    English

    Verb

    (confin)
  • To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined ! let order die!
  • * Dryden
    • He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
  • To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on'' or ''with .
  • * Milton
    • Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
  • * Dryden
    • Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Limit.

    • Synonyms

    * (limit) border, bound, limit English heteronyms ----