Sequestered vs Solitary - What's the difference?
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One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.
Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
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, title= 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.
* Bible, Lam. i. 1
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, chapter=1/1, title= Single; individual; sole.
(botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
Sequestered is a related term of solitary.
As adjectives the difference between sequestered and solitary
is that sequestered is something that has already been separated while solitary is living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.As a verb sequestered
is (sequester).As a noun solitary is
one who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.solitary
English
(wikipedia solitary)Noun
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* See alsoAdjective
(-)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.}}
- the solitary desert
- How doth the city sit solitary , that was full of people.
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.}}
