Retired vs Unemployed - What's the difference?
retired | unemployed |
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)
Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).
Having no use, not doing work
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As adjectives the difference between retired and unemployed
is that retired is secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet while unemployed is having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).As a verb retired
is past tense of retire.As a noun unemployed is
unemployed people.retired
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *unemployed
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Adjective
(-)citation, page= , passage=England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed .}}