Retired vs Retrenched - What's the difference?
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As verbs the difference between retired and retrenched is that retired is ( retire) while retrenched is ( retrench). As an adjective retired is secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc); private, quiet.
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.
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(head)
(retire)
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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.
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* 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.
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