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Abstracted vs Distracted - What's the difference?

abstracted | distracted |

As adjectives the difference between abstracted and distracted

is that abstracted is separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart while distracted is having one's attention diverted; preoccupied.

As verbs the difference between abstracted and distracted

is that abstracted is past tense of abstract while distracted is past tense of distract.

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  • Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.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

    distracted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (distract)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • distraught