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Lockdown during Coronavirus / Shutdown during Coronavirus Lockdown during Coronavirus Shutdown during Coronavirus ----------- Which one is correct to say?

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Lockdown during Coronavirus / Shutdown during Coronavirus

Lockdown during Coronavirus
Shutdown during Coronavirus
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Which one is correct to say?

It depends a shutdown would refer simply to a closure for example shutdown of all services but a lockdown is enforceable by the government or authorities
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Thank you for your explanation!
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Lockdown is correct since people lock themselves in their house to protect themselves, but shutdown is more about stopping the job or closing a place.
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Lockdown refers to quarantine, shutdown to the cessation of business/services.

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