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Seclude vs Quarantine - What's the difference?

seclude | quarantine |

As verbs the difference between seclude and quarantine

is that seclude is to shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc; withdraw from society or into solitude: as, to seclude oneself from the world while quarantine is to retain in obligatory isolation or separation, as a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

As a noun quarantine is

a desert in which christ fasted for 40 days according to the bible or quarantine can be a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious plague by isolating those believed to be infected.

seclude

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw from society or into solitude: as, to seclude oneself from the world.
  • To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude.
  • Derived terms

    * secluded * secludedly

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    quarantine

    English

    Etymology 1

    Directly from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days according to the Bible
  • A grace period of 40 days during which a widow has the right to remain in her dead husband's home, regardless of the inheritance
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (wikipedia quarantine)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious plague by isolating those believed to be infected.
  • Such official detention of a ship at or off port due to suspicion that it may be carrying a contagious disease aboard.
  • A certain place for isolating persons suspected of suffering from a contagious disease.
  • A certain period of time during which a person is isolated to determine whether they've been infected with a contagious disease.
  • (by extension) Any rigorous measure of isolation, regardless of the reason.
  • A record system kept by port health authorities in order to monitor and prevent the spread of contagious diseases.
  • (computing) A place where email messages or other files which are suspected of harboring a virus are stored.
  • Verb

    (quarantin)
  • To retain in obligatory isolation or separation, as a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
  • To put in isolation as if by quarantine
  • Derived terms
    * quarantinable