Reserved vs Reclusive - What's the difference?
reserved | reclusive |
(reserve)
(comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
(not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 19
, author=Kerry Brown
, title=Kim Jong-il obituary
, work=The Guardian
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As adjectives the difference between reserved and reclusive
is that reserved is slow to reveal emotion or opinions while reclusive is of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.As a verb reserved
is past tense of reserve.reserved
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a quiet, reserved person.
- I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.
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*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.