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Singularity vs Solitary - What's the difference?

singularity | solitary |

As nouns the difference between singularity and solitary

is that singularity is the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual while solitary is one who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.

As an adjective solitary is

living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.

singularity

English

Noun

  • the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual
  • * Addison
    • I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn.
  • a point where all parallel lines meet
  • a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value
  • (mathematics) the value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist
  • (physics) a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes
  • A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.
  • (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content / In many singularities .
  • (obsolete) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
  • * Hooker
    • No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop].
  • * Bishop Pearson
    • Catholicism must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation.
  • (obsolete) celibacy
    • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Derived terms

    * nonsingularity * naked singularity

    Related terms

    * single * singular

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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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