Insular vs Closed - What's the difference?
insular | closed |
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands.
* 1836 , , Astoria , ch. 6:
Situated on an island.
* 1851 , , Moby-Dick , ch. 1:
Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little interaction with external parties; provincial.
* 1903 , , Call of the Wild , ch. 1:
Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
* 1905 , , Where Angels Fear to Tread , ch. 6:
Relating to the insula in the brain.
Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open
(of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade
Not public.
(topology, of a set) Having an open complement.
(mathematics, of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
(mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
(close)
As adjectives the difference between insular and closed
is that insular is of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands while closed is sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open.As a noun insular
is an islander.As a verb closed is
(close).insular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- With these he held undisputed sway over his insular domains, and carried on intercourse with the chiefs or governors whom he had placed in command of the several islands.
- There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs.
- [H]e had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of their insular situation.
- Harriet was fretful and insular . Miss Abbott was pleasant, and insisted on praising everything.
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English
Adjective
(-)- closed source
- a closed committee
- The set of integers is closed under addition: .