Difference between Gaol and Jailhouse
What is the difference between Gaol and Jailhouse?
Gaol as a noun is a place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. while Jailhouse as a noun is a building containing a jail.
Gaol
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To confine in a gaol; to imprison
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
Preferred
Jailhouse
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A building containing a jail.
We hope you now know whether to use Gaol or Jailhouse in your sentence.