Stray vs Isolated - What's the difference?
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Any domestic animal that has an enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
(figuratively) One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
The act of wandering or going astray.
(historical) An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"
To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
* Denham
To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
(figurative) To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
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To cause to stray.
* 1591 , , V. i. 51:
Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep.
In the wrong place; misplaced.
Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
(chess, of a pawn) Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
(meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 10 percent to 20 percent of a forecast zone.
(isolate)
As verbs the difference between stray and isolated
is that stray is to wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way while isolated is past tense of isolate.As adjectives the difference between stray and isolated
is that stray is having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a stray horse or sheep while isolated is placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.As a noun stray
is any domestic animal that has an enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.stray
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Thames among the wanton valleys strays .
Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- It was a derby that left Manchester United a long way back in Manchester City’s wing-mirrors and, in the worst moments, straying dangerously close to being their own worst enemy.
- Hath not else his eye / Strayed his affection in unlawful love,
Synonyms
* deviateAdjective
(-)- a stray comma
