Absentminded vs Abstracted - What's the difference?
absentminded | abstracted |
Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.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
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