Difference between Pokey and Jail

What is the difference between Pokey and Jail?

Pokey as a noun is prison. while Jail as a noun is a prison; a place of detention; a place where a person convicted or suspected of a crime is detained.

Pokey

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of small volume, cramped slow fast

Part of speech: noun

Definition: prison.

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.schoolThe requirements that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for (usually) 30 days.

Example sentence: If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

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

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