Insular vs Hidebound - What's the difference?
insular | hidebound |
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Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.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.
Bound with the hide of an animal.
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(of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.
(of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
(of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
(obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.
As adjectives the difference between insular and hidebound
is that insular is of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands while hidebound is bound with the hide of an animal.As a noun insular
is an islander.insular
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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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Alternative forms
* hide-bound (less common)Adjective
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