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Recluse vs Stoic - What's the difference?

recluse | stoic |

As adjectives the difference between recluse and stoic

is that recluse is (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated while stoic is of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

As nouns the difference between recluse and stoic

is that recluse is a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit while stoic is proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 (BCE) up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

As a verb recluse

is 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.
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    stoic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Stoic * Stoick (obsolete) * stoick (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of , who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
  • A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
  • Adjective

    (Stoicism) (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
  • Not affected by pain or distress.
  • Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
  • Synonyms

    * (not affected by pain or distress ) apathetic, impassive, stoical * (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress ) expressionless, impassive

    Anagrams

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