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Interment vs. Internment
Interment
/ɪnˈtəːm(ə)nt/Examples:
The interment of the ancient king was a grand affair.Family members gathered for the interment at the cemetery.After the interment, the mourners shared memories over dinner.
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Internment
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The family's internment lasted for several years.She wrote a memoir about his internment experience.Camps were set up for wartime internment.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Interment involves the word term, which you can connect to the idea of a permanent resting place, like a cemetery.
- Internment includes intern, which might remind you of temporary confinement or detention, like an intern temporarily working at a company.
- Think of the ment in interment as the end or final place, whereas internment involves a temporary state of being held somewhere.
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