Difference between Confine and Detain

CONFINE vs DETAIN: NOUN

A place of confinement; a prison.
In geom. of n-dimensions, that which corresponds to a closed volume in three dimensions.
An inhabitant of a contiguous district; a neighbor.
Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Territory; region; district.
That part of a territory which is at or near the border; the frontier: used generally in the plural, and often figuratively: as, the confines of France or of Scotland.
A boundary-line or limit; bound; border; precinct.
Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
Limit.

Place limits on (extent or access)
Close in or confine
Restrict or confine, I limit you to two visits to the pub a day restrictorconfineilimityoutotw
To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
Restrict or confine,
To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area
Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Close in
Prevent from leaving or from being removed

To put under custody.
Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
Stop or halt
Cause to be slowed down or delayed
Deprive of freedom; take into confinement

To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.

To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.
To keep within bounds; restrict: : limit.
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
To be in childbed.
To restrict in movement.

Place limits on (extent or amount or access)
To close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
Darkness enclosed him"
Deprive of freedom
Take into confinement
Synonyms To bound, circumscribe, restrict, incarcerate.
To restrict within bounds; limit; inclose; bound; hence, imprison; immure; shut up.
To have a common boundary; border; abut; be in contact: followed by on or with.
Bordering; having a common boundary; adjacent; contiguous.

To keep back or away; withhold; specifically, to keep or retain unjustly.
To keep or restrain from proceeding; stay or stop: as, we were detained by the rain.
In law, to hold in custody.
Deprive of freedom
Take into confinement

Contain, Concentrate, Constrain, Keep, Hold in, Throttle, Bound, Hold, Trammel, Detain, Limit, Enclose, Circumscribe, Restrain, Restrict

Restrain, Seize, Custody, Arrested, Confiscate, Arrest, Incarcerate, Arresting, Detention, Apprehend, Imprison, Hold up, Delay, Stay, Confine

Focus, Narrow, Curtail, Contain, Constrain, Keep, Throttle, Bound, Hold, Detain, Limit, Enclose, Circumscribe, Restrain, Restrict

Restrain, Seize, Custody, Arrested, Confiscate, Arrest, Incarcerate, Arresting, Detention, Apprehend, Imprison, Hold up, Delay, Stay, Confine

Confine the fire or emergency without endangering yourself.
Detention: To physically restrain or confine an individual.
The boundaries of Judea could not confine him.
Indian movements and confine tribes to specific regions.
Verde e Turcano, al confine con il Molise.
Not standing at doors which the books confine.
Proclamation of dog dangers; duty to confine dogs.
Unscramble letters confine Click here to go through unscrambled words with the letters CONFINE.
Community-Lab is CONFINE's official open-access global facility for network experimentation deployed and maintained by CONFINE project members.
CONFINE: confine the fire by closing all doors and windows.

Why should I longer with this tale detain?
How many people does the military currently detain?
Capitol Police detain rioters outside the House Chamber.
Ansell made a slight motion to detain her.
WRA had no legal grounds to detain her.
Physically able to restrain, detain or evict individuals.
Legislation authorizes the Attorney General to detain Petitioners.
Sergeant at Arms to actually detain subpoena violators.
BMPs to reduce, detain, and treat stormwater runoff.
The same justification needed to stop and detain a pedestrian is necessary to stop and detain a vehicle or occupant.