different between lockdown vs shutdown

English

Alternative forms

• lock-down

Etymology

From the verb phrase lock down.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?k?da?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?k?da?n/

Noun

lockdown (countable and uncountable, plural lockdowns)

1. The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or pandemic, etc.
2. (US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
   • 1931, State University of Iowa. Bureau of Business Research, Iowa studies in business (issues 10-15, page 24)

     The rafts were made up of strings of logs about seventeen feet wide, held together by poles across them. Each log was pinned to the poles by wooden pegs and lockdowns.

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Dutch: lockdown
• ? Icelandic: lokkdán
• ? Italian: lockdown

See also

• shelter-in-place
• stay-at-home order

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lockdown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?k.d?u?n/, /l?k?d?u?n/
• Hyphenation: lock?down

Noun

lockdown m (plural lockdowns)

1. lockdown (confinement as a security measure)

Derived terms

• lockdownkilo
• lockdownmaatregel

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English lockdown.

Noun

lockdown m (invariable)

1. (neologism) lockdown

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase shut down.

Noun

shutdown (plural shutdowns)

1. The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.

   You need to enter your password at startup, but it's not required at shutdown.

   There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.

2. A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.

   When he insulted me, my reply was such a shutdown that he left the room.

3. An autistic response to stress, etc. where the individual becomes silent and motionless.

Antonyms

• startup

Related terms

• shut down

Translations