Estranged vs Abandoned - What's the difference?
estranged | abandoned |
(estrange)
Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.
Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain.
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents
* (rfdate), Thomson:
Free from constraint; uninhibited.
* 1919 , :
(geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
(abandon)
As verbs the difference between estranged and abandoned
is that estranged is past tense of estrange while abandoned is past tense of abandon.As adjectives the difference between estranged and abandoned
is that estranged is having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse while abandoned is self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain.estranged
English
Verb
(head)- She estranged her husband by not talking to him for over a year.
Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
A relatively formal term, the more colloquial alternative is “to not talk”, as in “I don’t talk to my mother”. A semi-formal alternative is not on speaking terms.Synonyms
* alienatedCoordinate terms
* separatedabandoned
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described.
