Cloistered vs Reclusive - What's the difference?
cloistered | reclusive |
Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
* Hudibras
* Shenstone
isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
naive, lacking in worldliness
Furnished with cloisters.
(cloister)
Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 19
, author=Kerry Brown
, title=Kim Jong-il obituary
, work=The Guardian
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As adjectives the difference between cloistered and reclusive
is that cloistered is dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary while reclusive is of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.As a verb cloistered
is (cloister).cloistered
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
- In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
Verb
(head)reclusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.}}
- And if it sort not well, you may conceal her,
- As best befits her wounded reputation,
- In some reclusive and religious life,
- Out of all eyes, tongues, minds and injuries.