Difference between Jail and Lag

What is the difference between Jail and Lag?

Jail as a verb is to imprison. while Lag as a verb is to not keep up (the pace), to fall behind

Jail

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To imprison.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A prison; a place of detention; a place where a person convicted or suspected of a crime is detained. Confinement in a jail. school The requirements that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for (usually) 30 days.

Example sentence: It's not as if I've ever been to prison or been close to going to prison. The closest I've got is knowing people who have been in jail - after all, I was a member of Parliament - and visiting them there during their sentence.

Lag

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to not keep up (the pace), to fall behindto cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar materialThe action in which a computer or server slows or halts in response to a poor connection

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; latency.a prisoner, a criminal.bad connection, loss of connection, causing a delay

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: late

Example sentence: My best advice for jet lag is to sleep as much as you can on a plane, no matter what time it is. Then, when you arrive at your destination, do some sort of physical activity.

We hope you now know whether to use Jail or Lag in your sentence.

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