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Solitude vs Recluseness - What's the difference?

solitude | recluseness | Synonyms |

Solitude is a synonym of recluseness.


As nouns the difference between solitude and recluseness

is that solitude is aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself while recluseness is quality or state of being recluse.

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 ----

    recluseness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Quality or state of being recluse.
  • (Webster 1913)