Reclusive vs Recluse - What's the difference?
reclusive | recluse | Related terms |
Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
* {{quote-news
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, date=December 19
, author=Kerry Brown
, title=Kim Jong-il obituary
, work=The Guardian
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(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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Recluse is a related term of reclusive.
Recluse is a synonym of reclusive.
As adjectives the difference between reclusive and recluse
is that reclusive is of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded while 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.As a verb recluse is
to shut; to seclude.reclusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.}}
- And if it sort not well, you may conceal her,
- As best befits her wounded reputation,
- In some reclusive and religious life,
- Out of all eyes, tongues, minds and injuries.
Synonyms
* hermit-like * withdrawnrecluse
English
(wikipedia recluse)Adjective
(en adjective)- a recluse monk or hermit
- In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
Synonyms
* reclusiveNoun
(en noun)- (Foxe)
