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Recluse vs Emotion - What's the difference?

recluse | emotion |

As nouns the difference between recluse and emotion

is that recluse is a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit while emotion is emotion.

As an adjective recluse

is (now rare ) sequestered; secluded, isolated.

As a verb recluse

is (obsolete) to shut; to seclude.

recluse

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (now rare ) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
  • a recluse monk or hermit
  • * J. Philips
  • In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
  • (now rare ) Hidden, secret.
  • Synonyms

    * reclusive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
  • (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
  • (Foxe)
  • (US) A brown recluse spider.
  • Synonyms

    anchorite, eremite, hermit * See also

    Derived terms

    * brown recluse * recluse spider

    Verb

    (reclus)
  • (obsolete) To shut; to seclude.
  • ----

    emotion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia emotion) (en noun)
  • A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
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  • A reaction by an non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.
  • Derived terms

    * emotionable * emotional

    Synonyms

    * (sense, person's internal state of being) feeling, affect