Solitude vs Reclusiveness - What's the difference?
solitude | reclusiveness |
Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.
A lonely or deserted place.
* 1813 , , Canto 2, stanza 20:
The state or characteristic of being reclusive.
*2006 , Erica Wagner,
*:But of Lee you hear hardly anything at all; she is nearly as famous for her reclusiveness (now there’s an oxymoron) as J. D. Salinger.
As nouns the difference between solitude and reclusiveness
is that solitude is aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself while reclusiveness is the state or characteristic of being reclusive.solitude
English
Noun
(wikipedia solitude)- Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
He makes a solitude , and calls it — peace.
Synonyms
* alonenessAntonyms
* intimacyDerived terms
* two solitudesSee also
* loneliness ----reclusiveness
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Noun
(-)"First word: People don't love Harper Lee—they love her work", Times Online , London, 4 Feb (retrieved 29 June 2007):