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Unquarantined vs. Quarantine — What's the Difference?

Unquarantined vs. Quarantine — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Unquarantined and Quarantine

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Unquarantined

Not quarantined.

Quarantine

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.

Quarantine

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.

Quarantine

An action resulting in such a condition
The government's quarantine of the animals.

Quarantine

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

The condition of being isolated by such an action.

Quarantine

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

Quarantine

To isolate in quarantine.

Quarantine

A period of 40 days, particularly

Quarantine

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.

Quarantine

(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.

Quarantine

(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.

Quarantine

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.
The tourists were put in quarantine to ensure none of them would be able to spread the plague.

Quarantine

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

Quarantine

A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.

Quarantine

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

Quarantine

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..

Quarantine

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

Quarantine

(transitive) To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.
Venice began quarantining incoming ships for 40 days in 1448 to prevent further outbreaks of bubonic plague.

Quarantine

Synonym of isolatemore generally.

Quarantine

Synonym of restrict.

Quarantine

To impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations.

Quarantine

(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
International travelers must quarantine themselves at their own expense in a designated hotel for 14 days upon arrival.

Quarantine

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

Quarantine

A space of forty days; - used of Lent.

Quarantine

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.

Quarantine

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

Quarantine

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.

Quarantine

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

Quarantine

Isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease

Quarantine

Place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons;
My dog was quarantined before he could live in England

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