Well, isn't that a happy little question! Persecute and detain are similar in that they both involve restricting someone's freedom, but they have different meanings. Persecute usually refers to causing harm or suffering to someone, while detain simply means to hold someone in custody for a period of time. Just like how every tree in our painting is unique, each word has its own special meaning.
imprison, arrest, detain, confine, and jail
Incarcerate and detain are both synonyms that can be used for the word imprisoned.
The dictator intended to persecute those who spoke out against his regime. The word persecute is a verb, and a synonym is torment.
What is the etymology of the word persecute its for my language homework
in the judicial/ law enforcement meaning of detain, the antonym is " to release"
No. Persecute and detain are not antonyms or synonyms.
imprison, arrest, detain, confine, and jail
synonyms for persecute are: chase, harass, torment, pursue, and several more..
Incarcerate and detain are both synonyms that can be used for the word imprisoned.
The synonyms of oppress include suppress, subjugate, and persecute.
hold, arrest, confine, restrain, imprison, intern, take prisoner, hold in custody
capture, catch, nick, seize, detain, apprehend, take prisoner
I will detain your bike. Police can not detain my car.
Those two words are not synonyms although they do have similar meanings. Racial discrimination means to make choices based upon race; generally this is done to the disadvantage of some particular race (for example, you might hire only people of European ancestry). To persecute is to actively seek to harm some person or group whom you are persecuting, for example, genocide is an extreme form of persecution.
I'll detain you no further.
We won't detain you any further. Find a way to detain him until I get there.
Detain is the correct spelling.