different between occupant vs inmate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French occupant, present participle of occuper.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k.j?.p?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k.j?.p?nt/

Noun

occupant (plural occupants)

1. A person who occupies an office or a position.

2. A person who occupies a place.
   1. A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
3. The owner or tenant of a property.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.ky.p??/

Verb

occupant

1. present participle of occuper

Adjective

occupant (feminine singular occupante, masculine plural occupants, feminine plural occupantes)

1. occupying

Noun

occupant m (plural occupants, feminine occupante)

1. occupant

Latin

Verb

occupant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of occup?

English

Etymology

From inn +? mate, or from in- +? mate.

Noun

inmate (plural inmates)

1. A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
2. A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.

Usage notes

Perhaps around 1970, television journalists began to use the word as a euphemism for prisoner, and this has become the primary, if not only, definition among younger generations. When speaking of persons receiving medical services, patient may be preferred instead.

Derived terms

• inmatehood

Translations

Anagrams

• Tamien, Tieman, etamin, inmeat, taimen, tamine