different between detention vs despatch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French détention, from Latin detentio, detentionem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t?n??n/

Noun

detention (countable and uncountable, plural detentions)

1. (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
2. (countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.
3. (civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.

Derived terms

• detention basin
• detention home

Related terms

• detain

Translations

Danish

Noun

detention c (singular definite detentionen, plural indefinite detentioner)

1. detention

Declension

Further reading

• “detention” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??spæt?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d??spæt?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??spæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?

Noun

despatch (countable and uncountable, plural despatches)

1. Alternative form of dispatch
   • 1843, William Hickling Prescott, The Conquest of Mexico, Volume 1, 1957, page 31,

     The courier, bearing his despatches in the form of a hieroglyphical painting, ran with them to the first station, […] .

Verb

despatch (third-person singular simple present despatches, present participle despatching, simple past and past participle despatched)

1. Alternative form of dispatch
   • 1833, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Volumes 8-9, page 31,

     She fainted, was got into bed, and a messenger was despatched for me.

See also

• Mentioned in Despatches on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chestpad