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concentration camp vs. death camp

[kon-suhn-trey-shuhn kamp] / ˌkɒn sənˈtreɪ ʃən ˌkæmp /

noun

  1. a guarded compound for the mass detention without hearings or the imprisonment without trial of civilians, as refugees, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc.

  2. a Nazi prison camp or death camp prior to and during World War II.

noun

  1. a concentration camp in which the inmates are unlikely to survive or to which they have been sent to be executed.