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Collected vs Impersonal - What's the difference?

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Collected is a related term of impersonal.


As adjectives the difference between collected and impersonal

is that collected is , emotionally , in focus while impersonal is not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

As a verb collected

is (collect).

collected

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • , emotionally , in focus.
  • He stayed collected throughout the ordeal.
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  • Synonyms

    * calm, cool, composed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (collect)
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  • Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

    impersonal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
  • An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. –Sir J. Stephen.
  • Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
  • She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
  • (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
  • The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”

    Derived terms

    * impersonal verb

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