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Solitude vs Insolation - What's the difference?

solitude | insolation |

As nouns the difference between solitude and insolation

is that solitude is aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself while insolation is the incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the earth's surface or at the top of earth's atmosphere.

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

    See also

    * loneliness ----

    insolation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.
  • The rate of delivery of such radiation.
  • The act or process of exposing to the rays of the sun, such as for the purpose of medical treatment, drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
  • (medicine, dated) sunstroke.
  • Synonyms

    * (exposure as medical treatment) sunbath

    See also

    * ("insolation" on Wikipedia) ----