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Abstracted vs Absorbed - What's the difference?

abstracted | absorbed |

As adjectives the difference between abstracted and absorbed

is that abstracted is separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart while absorbed is fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed .

As verbs the difference between abstracted and absorbed

is that abstracted is (abstract) while absorbed is (absorb).

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  • Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.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)

    • References

    absorbed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
  • Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (absorb)

    • Derived terms

    * absorbed dose * self-absorbed

    See also

    * adsorbed

    References

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