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교도소, 감옥 차이가 뭐에요? First I thought that one is pure Korean, one is Sino-Korean. But I just knew that both of them are Sino-Korean. Then what is the difference?

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같은 말입니다. 다만, 요즘은 '감옥'이라는 단어보다 '교도소'라는 단어를 더 자주 씁니다 :) 어감(단어의 느낌)이 '감옥'은 '가두어 두는 곳, 벌을 주는 곳'이라는 느낌이고 '교도소'는 '교도하는 곳=바로잡아 인도하는 곳'이라는 뜻으로 '감옥'보다는 '교도소'를 쓰는 것이 더 좋겠네요^^
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교도소 is a jail 감옥 is a prison

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