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Isolated vs Standoffish - What's the difference?

isolated | standoffish |

As adjectives the difference between isolated and standoffish

is that isolated is placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation while standoffish is aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.

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

    *

    standoffish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.
  • *1899 ,
    • He was stand–offish with the other agents, and they on their side said he was the manager’s spy upon them.
  • *1922 , , Ulysses , episode 16,
  • *:His initial impression was that he was a bit standoffish or not over effusive.
  • *1928 , , Lady Chatterley's Lover , ch. 7,
  • *:They were always a haughty family, standoffish in a way, as they've a right to be.

    • Synonyms

    *cold *distant

    Related terms

    *standoffishness

    See also

    *standoff *stand off

    References

    * * * "standoffish" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987–1996.