Quarantine vs. Segregation — What's the Difference?

A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests. It is often used in connection to disease and illness, preventing the movement of those who may have been exposed to a communicable disease, yet do not have a confirmed medical diagnosis.

The act or process of segregating or the condition of being segregated.

A condition, period of time, or place in which a person, animal, plant, vehicle, or amount of material suspected of carrying an infectious agent is kept in confinement or isolated in an effort to prevent disease from spreading.

The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination.

An action resulting in such a condition

(Genetics) The separation of paired alleles or homologous chromosomes, especially during meiosis, so that the members of each pair appear in different gametes.

An action to isolate another nation, such as a blockade of its ports or a severance of diplomatic or trade relations.

The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.

The condition of being isolated by such an action.

(biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.

(Computers) The isolation of data or data transmissions in order to keep viruses, worms, or other malware from infecting a computer or computer network.

(mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

To isolate in quarantine.

The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).

A period of 40 days, particularly

(sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).

The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.

(genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis

(historical) The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.

The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.

(historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.

Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.

(genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes

(figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.

A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups

A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.

The act of segregating or sequestering;

A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.

An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc..

The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.

(transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.

Synonym of isolatemore generally.

Synonym of restrict.

To impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations.

(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.

Alternative case form of Quarantine: the Mount of Temptation where Jesus Christ supposedly fasted for 40 days, Jebel Quruntul near Jericho.

A space of forty days; - used of Lent.

Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.

The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.

To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.

Enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease

Isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease

Place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons;