Retreat vs Hightail - What's the difference?
retreat | hightail |
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.
(usually) To move at full speed, especially in retreat.
:He hightailed it toward town.
:I want you to hightail your butt out of there before they come back.
:As soon as she arrived, I hightailed out of there.
As verbs the difference between retreat and hightail
is that retreat is to withdraw military forces while hightail is (usually|transitive) to move at full speed, especially in retreat.As a noun retreat
is the act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.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.
