Retreat vs Campground - What's the difference?
retreat | campground |
The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
* Shakespeare
The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
* L'Estrange
* Dryden
A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
A period of meditation, prayer or study.
Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
A signal for a military withdrawal.
A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
A military ceremony to lower the flag.
(chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
An area where tents are pitched.
* 1994 , Richard Katz, Skating Unrinked: An Insider's Guide to Skating Trails in the San Francisco Bay Area.
An area where a camp meeting (a retreat) (trail ride and party) is held.
* 1869 , The Monthly Religious Magazine
As nouns the difference between retreat and campground
is that retreat is the act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant while campground is an area where tents are pitched.As a verb retreat
is to withdraw military forces.retreat
English
Noun
(en noun)- In a retreat he outruns any lackey.
- He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat .
- That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat / From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.
See also
* religious retreatAnagrams
* *campground
English
Noun
(en noun)- At 4.7 miles, on the left, is the campground and park headquarters for Samuel P. Taylor State Park
- Camp Hamilton is the Methodist campground , a few miles from Salem, where the Methodists were holding services.