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Solitude vs Gracious - What's the difference?

solitude | gracious |

As a noun solitude

is aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.

As an adjective gracious is

kind and warmly courteous.

As an interjection gracious is

expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

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 ----

    gracious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gratious (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • kind and warmly courteous
  • tactful
  • compassionate
  • indulgent, charming and graceful
  • elegant and with good taste
  • benignant

    • Derived terms

    * graciousness * graciously

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.