Prison vs. Dungeon

Prisonnoun

A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

Prisonnoun

(uncountable) Confinement in prison.

Prisonnoun

(colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

Prisonverb

(transitive) To imprison.

Prisonnoun

A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o confinement, restraint, or safe custody.

Prisonnoun

Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.

Prisonverb

To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.

Prisonverb

To bind (together); to enchain.

Prisonnoun

a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

Prisonnoun

a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

Prison

A prison, also known as a jail or gaol (dated, British, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correctional facility, lock-up or remand center is a facility in which inmates (or prisoners) are confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as punishment for various crimes. Prisons are most commonly used within a criminal justice system: people charged with crimes may be imprisoned until their trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment.

Dungeonnoun

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

Dungeonnoun

(obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.

Dungeonnoun

(obsolete) A shrewd person.

Dungeonnoun

(games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses.

Dungeonnoun

(BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.

Dungeonverb

(transitive) To imprison in a dungeon.

Dungeonnoun

A close, dark prison, commonly, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.

Dungeonverb

To shut up in a dungeon.

Dungeonnoun

the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

Dungeonnoun

a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined

Dungeon

A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground. Dungeons are generally associated with medieval castles, though their association with torture probably belongs more to the Renaissance period.