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Absentminded vs Abstracted - What's the difference?

absentminded | abstracted |

As adjectives the difference between absentminded and abstracted

is that absentminded is alternative form of lang=en while abstracted is separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.

As a verb abstracted is

past tense of abstract.

absentminded

English

Alternative forms

* absent-minded

Adjective

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    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  • Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.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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