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Cloistered vs Separate - What's the difference?

cloistered | separate | Synonyms |

Cloistered is a synonym of separate.


As adjectives the difference between cloistered and separate

is that cloistered is dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary while separate is apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

As verbs the difference between cloistered and separate

is that cloistered is (cloister) while separate is to divide (a thing) into separate parts.

As a noun separate is

(usually|in the plural) anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.

cloistered

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
  • * Hudibras
  • Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
  • * Shenstone
  • In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
  • isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
  • naive, lacking in worldliness
  • Furnished with cloisters.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (cloister)
  • separate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
  • This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
  • Not together (with); not united (to).
  • I try to keep my personal life separate from work.

    Verb

    (separat)
  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
  • To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
  • * Dryden
  • From the fine gold I separate the alloy.
  • * Bible, Romans viii. 35
  • Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
  • To cause (things or people) to be separate.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […];  […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.}}
  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
  • (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
  • * Bible, Acts xiii. 2
  • Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

    Derived terms

    * separable * separately * separation * separational * separationism * separationist

    Antonyms

    * annex * combine

    See also

    * disunite * disconnect * divide * split * reduce * subtract

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.
  • Usage notes

    * The spelling is (separate). *(term) is a common misspelling.