Retired vs Unseen - What's the difference?

Retired is a related term of unseen.

As adjectives the difference between retired and unseen

is that retired is secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc); private, quiet while unseen is not seen or discovered.

As verbs the difference between retired and unseen

is that retired is (retire) while unseen is .

As a noun unseen is

an examination involving material not previously seen or studied.

retired

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

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.

The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.

Verb

(head)

(retire)

Anagrams

* *

unseen

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not seen or discovered.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}

Unskilled; inexperienced.

Derived terms

* sight unseen

Etymology 2

Verb

(head)

What has been seen cannot be unseen .

Noun

(en noun)

An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.

I have French and Latin unseens this summer.