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Sheltered vs Insulated - What's the difference?

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Sheltered is a related term of insulated.


As adjectives the difference between sheltered and insulated

is that sheltered is protected, as from wind or weather while insulated is protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.

As verbs the difference between sheltered and insulated

is that sheltered is (shelter) while insulated is (insulate).

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)
  • insulated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
  • Placed or set apart.
  • an insulated house or column
  • * De Quincey
  • the special and insulated situation of the Jews
  • (of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity.
  • Early insulated wires were covered in silk rather than plastic.
  • (astronomy, dated) Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the effect of their mutual attraction is undetectable.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (insulate)
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