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Separated vs Solitary - What's the difference?

separated | solitary |

As adjectives the difference between separated and solitary

is that separated is detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart while solitary is living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.

As a verb separated

is (separate).

As a noun solitary is

one who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.

separated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
  • (of spouses) estranged; living apart but not divorced.

    • Usage notes

    When used in cooking to describe eggs in which the yolk and white have been disjoined from each other, it is more commonly used in the appositive form (two eggs, separated'') than in the usual position for an English adjective (''two separated eggs ).

    Antonyms

    * combined * unified * united

    Verb

    (head)
  • (separate)

    • Anagrams

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    solitary

    English

    (wikipedia solitary)

    Noun

    (solitaries)
  • One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=The solitary , lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
  • Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
  • Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired.
  • Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.
    • the solitary desert
  • * Bible, Lam. i. 1
    • How doth the city sit solitary , that was full of people.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1931, author=
    • , chapter=1/1, title= Death Walks in Eastrepps , passage=Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.}}
  • Single; individual; sole.
  • (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.

    • Derived terms

    * solitariness * solitary confinement * solitary sandpiper * solitary snipe * solitary thrush * solitary tinamou

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