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Isolated vs Estranged - What's the difference?

isolated | estranged |

As adjectives the difference between isolated and estranged

is that isolated is placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation while estranged is having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

As verbs the difference between isolated and estranged

is that isolated is past tense of isolate while estranged is past tense of estrange.

isolated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
  • (chess, of a pawn) Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
  • (meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 10 percent to 20 percent of a forecast zone.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (isolate)
  • Anagrams

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    estranged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (estrange)
  • She estranged her husband by not talking to him for over a year.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.
  • 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

    * alienated

    Coordinate terms

    * separated