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Sheltered vs Sequestered - What's the difference?

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Sheltered is a related term of sequestered.


As adjectives the difference between sheltered and sequestered

is that sheltered is protected, as from wind or weather while sequestered is something that has already been separated.

As verbs the difference between sheltered and sequestered

is that sheltered is (shelter) while sequestered is (sequester).

sheltered

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Protected, as from wind or weather.
  • :The boat was much safer, during the storm, in the sheltered cove.
  • (Of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians; often implies a lack of social skills, worldly experience, etc.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (shelter)

    • sequestered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sequester)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Something that has already been separated.

    • Antonyms

    * unsequestered