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What is the difference between absent and abstracted?

absent | abstracted |

As adjectives the difference between absent and abstracted

is that absent is being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing while abstracted is separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.

As verbs the difference between absent and abstracted

is that absent is keep away; stay away; go away while abstracted is past tense of abstract.

As a noun absent

is absentee; a person who is away on occasion.

As a preposition absent

is in the absence of; without.

absent

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

* From (etyl) absent, (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)
  • (not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
  • * 1623 , (William Shakespeare), All’s Well That Ends Well, II-iii
  • Expecting absent friends.
  • (not comparable) Not existing; lacking.
  • The part was rudimental or absent .
  • (sometimes, comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
  • * 1746-1747 , Chesterfield, Letters to his Son
  • What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.
    Antonyms
    * present

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Absentee; a person who is away on occasion.
  • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (legal) In the absence of; without.
  • * 1919 , State vs. Britt, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division 2, in The Southwestern Reporter , page 427
  • If the accused refuse upon demand to pay money or deliver property (absent any excuse or excusing circumstance) which came into his hands as a bailee, such refusal might well constitute some evidence of conversion, with the requisite fraudulent intent required by the statute.
  • * 2011 , David Elstein, letter, London Review of Books , XXXIII.15:
  • the Princess Caroline case [...] established that – absent a measurable ‘public interest’ in publication – she was safe from being photographed while out shopping.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) absenter, from .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, now, reflexive) Keep away; stay away; go away.
  • *
  • Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more;
  • * 1701-1703 , , "Remarks on Italy"
  • If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
  • *
  • This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
  • (obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
  • (rare) Leave.
  • Anagrams

    *

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    English heteronyms ----

    abstracted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
  • * The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. - Milton
  • (now, rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete.
  • (now, rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
  • Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
  • * An abstracted scholar. - Johnson
  • Derived terms

    * abstractedly * abstractedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abstract)
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