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Lounge vs Retreat - What's the difference?

lounge | retreat |

As nouns the difference between lounge and retreat

is that lounge is a waiting room in an office, airport etc while retreat is the act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.

As verbs the difference between lounge and retreat

is that lounge is to relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner while retreat is to withdraw military forces.

lounge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
  • A domestic living room.
  • * 1954 , Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur , chapter 18:
    • The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
  • An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
  • A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair .
  • The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.
  • * 1849 , The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)
    • That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.

    Synonyms

    * (living room) loungeroom (Australia ) * (pub) See also

    Verb

    (loung)
  • To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
  • * J. Hannay
    • We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.

    Derived terms

    * chaise lounge * cocktail lounge * liquor lounge * lounge bag * lounge chair * lounge lizard * lounge music * lounge room

    Anagrams

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    retreat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
  • * Shakespeare
    • In a retreat he outruns any lackey.
  • The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
  • A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
  • * L'Estrange
    • He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat .
  • * Dryden
    • That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat / From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.
  • A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
  • A period of meditation, prayer or study.
  • Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
  • A signal for a military withdrawal.
  • A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
  • A military ceremony to lower the flag.
  • (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.

    • See also

    * religious retreat

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To withdraw military forces.

    • Anagrams

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