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Sheltered vs Detached - What's the difference?

sheltered | detached | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between sheltered and detached

is that sheltered is protected, as from wind or weather while detached is of a house: not joined to another house on either side.

As verbs the difference between sheltered and detached

is that sheltered is past tense of shelter while detached is past tense of detach.

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)
  • detached

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
  • Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
  • Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
  • Derived terms

    * semi-detached

    Verb

    (head)
  • (detach)