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Recluse vs Reclose - What's the difference?

recluse | reclose |

As verbs the difference between recluse and reclose

is that recluse is to shut; to seclude while reclose is to close or be closed after having previously been opened.

As an adjective recluse

is (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.

As a noun recluse

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

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.
    • ----

    reclose

    English

    Verb

    (reclos)
  • To close or be closed after having previously been opened
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    • , passage=Stents improved the procedure by combating the tendency of many vessels to reclose quickly after angioplasty. }}

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