Absence vs Bereft - What's the difference?
absence | bereft |
A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; the period of being away.
* (rfdate) (w) 2:12
Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
* (rfdate) - Kent
Lack; deficiency; nonexistence.
Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
* (rfdate), (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
* 1824-1829? , (w), (Imaginary Conversations)
(medical) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
(fencing) Lack of contact between blades.
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(bereave)
(of a person) pained by the loss of someone
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deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 3
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Macc Tel-Aviv 1–2 Stoke
, work=BBC Sport
* {{quote-book, passage=And there I strove, and there I clove through the drift of icy streams; / And there I fought, and there I sought for the pay-streak of my dreams. ¶ So twenty years, with their hopes and fears and smiles and tears and such, / Went by and left me long bereft of hope of the Midas touch;
, title=(Ballads of a Cheechako)
, chapter=(The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike)
, author=Robert W. Service
, year=1909}}
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As a noun absence
is a state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; the period of being away .As a verb bereft is
(bereave).As an adjective bereft is
(of a person) pained by the loss of someone.absence
English
Alternative forms
*Noun
(en-noun)- Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence .
- In the absence of conventional law.
- Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind.
- To conquer that abstraction which is called absence .
Derived terms
* absence makes the heart grow fonderAntonyms
* (state of being away) presence * existence, possession, sufficiencyReferences
bereft
English
Verb
(head)- bereft of strength – powerless
- bereft of gorm – in Yorkshire dialect – mindless one, idiot = gormless
Adjective
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- Mr. Praline:
' E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!