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Recluse vs Herm - What's the difference?

recluse | herm |

As nouns the difference between recluse and herm

is that recluse is a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit while herm is a rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration.

As an adjective recluse

is (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.

As a verb recluse

is to shut; to seclude.

As a proper noun Herm is

one of the the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

As an abbreviation herm is

abbreviation of hermaphrodite.

recluse

English

(wikipedia 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.
    • ----

    herm

    English

    (wikipedia Herm)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • one of the the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
  • a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France

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