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Retreated vs Retrenched - What's the difference?

retreated | retrenched |

As verbs the difference between retreated and retrenched

is that retreated is (retreat) while retrenched is (retrench).

retreated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (retreat)

    • retreat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
  • * Shakespeare
    • In a retreat he outruns any lackey.
  • The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
  • A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
  • * L'Estrange
    • He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat .
  • * Dryden
    • That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat / From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.
  • 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.

    • See also

    * religious retreat

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To withdraw military forces.

    • Anagrams

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    retrenched

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (retrench)

    • retrench

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) retrenchier, (etyl) retrancher; see (etyl) , and English trench.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cut down or reduce.
  • * Denham
    • Thy exuberant parts retrench .
  • To abridge; to curtail.
  • * Milton
    • But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched .
  • To confine; to limit; to restrict.
    • (Addison)
  • * I. Taylor
    • These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation?
  • To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).
    • to retrench bastions
  • To take up a new defensive position.
    • We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.
  • *2012 , The Economist, Private Equity: Keep Calm and Carry On
    • International firms could decide it is not cost-effective to keep open their other European offices and retrench to London.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (es)
  • To dig or redig a trench where one already was.

    • Anagrams

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