Confusing Words Clarified: Group J; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
(lists of "J" sections that are organized into what for some people are confusing groups of words)
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"She was arrested for drunkenness and spent a night in the city jail."
2. A short-term detaining facility for those waiting trial or for those convicted of minor offenses: "He was kept in the city jail while he was being tried for murder and if convicted, he will be sent to the state prison.""She was sentenced to forty years in a federal penitentiary."
In British English, there is no clear difference between jail and prison; and the word penitentiary is apparently not used in Great Britain.
The alleged criminal was held in the local jail which his British lawyer always referred to as the local gaol while his client was awaiting his trial.
When he was found guilty and sentenced, he was sent to the state penitentiary which his lawyer referred to as a prison.
2. A predicament: "Boy! Did she ever get herself into a jam when she missed her bus."
3. A crowd: "Have you ever been caught in the subway jam during the busy hours?"
My mother leaned on the door jamb watching as the teens made bread and jam sandwiches. They were going to take the sandwiches to an outdoor concert where they expected a jam of people.
In her zealous pursuit of success as a model, she was not aware that her younger sister was very jealous.
His erratic driving, committing many jinks to stay on the roadway, seemed almost to be a jinx on his success as a race car driver.
2. To rouse or to stimulate as if by nudging: "There was an old photo in the album that might jog our mother's memory."
3. Noun forms, a slow run done for exercise: "Some people depend on a morning jog to give them energy for the day."
4. A light shake or push: "She gave him a jog with her elbow to stop him from talking so much."
2. An abrupt change in direction: "When we came to a jog in the road, we had to make a sharp turn."
3. To turn sharply; to veer: "This is where the boundary will jog south."
"At first, jog was a training regimen for athletes, then it became a fad in about 1967."
The jog in the road caused the driver to jog abruptly to the left. The force of this jog also caused the passenger in the back seat to jog and to spill her coffee on her lap.
2. To engage in a personal combat or competition: "American football can be described as a joust when the players run into each other, knocking their opponents down."
2. Valid within the law; lawful: "The decision by the judge for the man to pay the traffic fine was a just decision."
The knight tried to assure his lady fair, saying "Don't worry, it is just a joust and no one will be injured."
At the trial, the judicial decision was that the stockbroker had made judicious decisions about investing the client's money and had not committed any fraud.
2. Someone who attempts to manipulate situations or individuals for a desired purpose: "The salesman was quite the juggler in trying to convince the man to buy the used car so he could get a commission."
The newspaper reported that the juggler had an accident and one of the knives he was juggling slipped and cut his jugular vein. The juggler was reported recovering in the hospital after the surgeon repaired his jugular.
When we were traveling across the country by car, we came to a major highway junction. We had to decide if at this juncture in our trip, we should go south or turn east.
In a surprise turn of events, the eminent civil law jurist was selected as a juror for the upcoming conflict-of-interest trial.
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