Recluse vs Glutton - What's the difference?
recluse | glutton |
(now rare ) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
* J. Philips
(now rare ) Hidden, secret.
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.
(US) A brown recluse spider.
(obsolete) To shut; to seclude.
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Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Fuller):
* 1597 , i 3 :
One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
(figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess
* 1705 , George Granville, The British Enchanters :
* :
* 1878 , :
The wolverine, Gulo gulo , of the family Mustelidae, a carnivorous mammal about the size of a large badger, native to the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
(archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
*(and other bibliographic detailes), (Lovelace)
* 1915 , Journeyman Barber, Hairdresser, Cosmetologist and Proprietor :
(obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.
* (and other bibliographic detailes), (Drayton)
* 1598 —
Mustelids
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between recluse and glutton
is that recluse is (obsolete) to shut; to seclude while glutton is (obsolete) to glut; to eat voraciously.As adjectives the difference between recluse and glutton
is that recluse is (now rare ) sequestered; secluded, isolated while glutton is gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.As nouns the difference between recluse and glutton
is that recluse is a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit while glutton is one who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.As verbs the difference between recluse and glutton
is that recluse is (obsolete) to shut; to seclude while glutton is (archaic) to glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.recluse
English
(wikipedia recluse)Adjective
(en adjective)- a recluse monk or hermit
- In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
Synonyms
* reclusiveNoun
(en noun)- (Foxe)
Synonyms
anchorite, eremite, hermit * See alsoDerived terms
* brown recluse * recluse spiderVerb
(reclus)glutton
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
- So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge
Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?
Noun
(en noun)- Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
- "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."
- Hope is a subtle Glutton / He feeds upon the Fair
- "A good few indeed, my man," replied the captain. "Yes, you may make away with a deal of money and be neither drunkard nor glutton ."
Synonyms
* (voracious eater) seeSee also
* glutton for punishmentVerb
(en verb)- Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.
- In some cities their [local branches] have become gluttoned with success, and in their misguided overzealous ambition they are 'killing the goose that lays the golden egg.'
- Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
- Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, / Or gluttoning on all, or all away.
