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Isolated vs Hidebound - What's the difference?

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Isolated is a related term of hidebound.


As adjectives the difference between isolated and hidebound

is that isolated is placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation while hidebound is bound with the hide of an animal.

As a verb isolated

is (isolate).

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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    hidebound

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hide-bound (less common)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
    • (Milton)
    (Carlyle)
  • (obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.
    • (Quarles)
    (Webster 1913)

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