Retreat vs Solitude - What's the difference?
retreat | solitude | Synonyms |
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.
Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.
A lonely or deserted place.
* 1813 , , Canto 2, stanza 20:
Retreat is a synonym of solitude.
As nouns the difference between retreat and solitude
is that retreat is the act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant while solitude is aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.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
* *solitude
English
Noun
(wikipedia solitude)- Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
He makes a solitude , and calls it — peace.