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interment vs. internment

interment

noun

  1. the act or ceremony of interring; burial.

internment

noun

  1. an act or instance of interning, or confining a person or ship to prescribed limits during wartime:

    the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

  2. the state of being interned; confinement.