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Seclusion vs Recluse - What's the difference?

seclusion | recluse |

As nouns the difference between seclusion and recluse

is that seclusion is the act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart while recluse is a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.

As an adjective recluse is

(now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.

As a verb recluse is

to shut; to seclude.

seclusion

English

Noun

(wikipedia seclusion) (en noun)
  • the act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart
  • the state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.
  • retirement
  • privacy
  • solitude
  • a secluded, isolated or private place
  • mature phase of the extratropical cyclone lifecycle
    • warm seclusion

    Related terms

    * seclude * secluse * secluseness * seclusionist * seclusive

    References

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    recluse

    English

    (wikipedia 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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