Asylum vs. Madhouse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Asylum and Madhouse
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Asylum
Protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country.
Madhouse
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Asylum
A place offering protection and safety; a shelter.
Madhouse
(Offensive) An institution for the mentally ill.
Asylum
Protection or shelter; refuge
Viewed her friend's apartment as a place of asylum.
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Madhouse
(Informal) A place of great disorder and confusion.
Asylum
A place, such as a church, formerly constituting an inviolable refuge for criminals or debtors.
Madhouse
(obsolete) A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.
Asylum
An institution for the care of people, especially those with physical or mental disabilities, who require organized supervision or assistance.
Madhouse
(by extension) A chaotic, uproarious, noisy place.
Asylum
A place of safety or refuge.
Madhouse
An house or institution where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam; - usually used in a deprecatory sense.
Asylum
The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
Madhouse
A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered situation.
Asylum
(dated) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Asylum
A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
So sacred was the church to some, that it had the right of an asylum or sanctuary.
Asylum
Any place of retreat and security.
Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold bosom.
Asylum
An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
Asylum
A shelter from danger or hardship
Asylum
A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
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