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Solitude vs Asylum - What's the difference?

solitude | asylum |

As nouns the difference between solitude and asylum

is that solitude is aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself while asylum is a place of safety.

solitude

English

Noun

(wikipedia solitude)
  • Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.
  • A lonely or deserted place.
  • * 1813 , , Canto 2, stanza 20:
    • Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
    He makes a solitude , and calls it — peace.

    Synonyms

    * aloneness

    Antonyms

    * intimacy

    Derived terms

    * two solitudes

    Related terms

    * sole * solo * soliloquy * solitary * solitudinous * solitudinously

    See also

    * loneliness ----

    asylum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place of safety.
  • The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
  • A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum , it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.

    Synonyms

    * sanctuary * shelter

    Derived terms

    * insane asylum * mental asylum * orphan asylum * asylum seeker

    See also

    * refugee ----