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Reserved vs Impervious - What's the difference?

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Reserved is a related term of impervious.


As adjectives the difference between reserved and impervious

is that reserved is (comparable) slow to reveal emotion or opinions while impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by.

As a verb reserved

is (reserve).

reserved

English

Verb

(head)
  • (reserve)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
    • He was a quiet, reserved person.
  • (not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
    • I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * reservedly * reservedness

    Derived terms

    * reserved track

    See also

    * shy

    Anagrams

    *

    impervious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
  • Immune to damage or effect.

    • Antonyms

    * pervious

    Derived terms

    * imperviously * imperviousness