Emeritus vs Retired - What's the difference?
emeritus | retired |
Retired, but retaining an honorific version of previous title (especially "professor").
A person retired in this sense (feminine form emerita).
* 1955 , Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita :
Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.
*1910 , , "The Saint and the Goblin", Reginald in Russia :
*:The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.
That has left employment (of a person), especially on reaching pensionable age.
(retire)
As adjectives the difference between emeritus and retired
is that emeritus is retired, but retaining an honorific version of previous title especially "professor" while retired is secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.As a noun emeritus
is a person retired in this sense (feminine form emerita).As a verb retired is
past tense of retire.emeritus
English
Adjective
(wikipedia emeritus) (-)Noun
(emeriti)- Oh, you veteran crime reporter, you grave old usher, you once popular policeman, now in solitary confinement after gracing that school crossing for years, you wretched emeritus read to by a boy!
retired
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.