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Satin vs Recluse - What's the difference?

satin | recluse |

As verbs the difference between satin and recluse

is that satin is while recluse is (obsolete) to shut; to seclude.

As an adjective recluse is

(now rare ) sequestered; secluded, isolated.

As a noun recluse is

a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.

satin

English

Adjective

(-)
  • -glossy. Particularly describing a type of paint.
  • Noun

    (wikipedia satin) (en noun)
  • A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
  • References

    Anagrams

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    recluse

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (now rare ) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
  • a recluse monk or hermit
  • * J. Philips
  • In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
  • (now rare ) Hidden, secret.
  • Synonyms

    * reclusive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
  • (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
  • (Foxe)
  • (US) A brown recluse spider.
  • Synonyms

    anchorite, eremite, hermit * See also

    Derived terms

    * brown recluse * recluse spider

    Verb

    (reclus)
  • (obsolete) To shut; to seclude.
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