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reticent

Reticent vs Wary - What's the difference?

reticent | wary |


As adjectives the difference between reticent and wary

is that reticent is reluctant; reticent while wary is cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.

Uncommunicative vs Reticent - What's the difference?

uncommunicative | reticent |


As adjectives the difference between uncommunicative and reticent

is that uncommunicative is tending not to communicate; not communicating while reticent is keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

Uncomunicative vs Reticent - What's the difference?

uncomunicative | reticent |


As an adjective reticent is

reluctant; reticent.

Reticent vs Mute - What's the difference?

reticent | mute |


As adjectives the difference between reticent and mute

is that reticent is reluctant; reticent while mute is mutated.

As a verb mute is

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Withdrawn vs Reticent - What's the difference?

withdrawn | reticent | Related terms |


As adjectives the difference between withdrawn and reticent

is that withdrawn is introvert while reticent is keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

As a verb withdrawn

is past participle of lang=en.

Introspective vs Reticent - What's the difference?

introspective | reticent |


As adjectives the difference between introspective and reticent

is that introspective is examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself while reticent is reluctant; reticent.

Reticent vs Reclusive - What's the difference?

reticent | reclusive |


As adjectives the difference between reticent and reclusive

is that reticent is reluctant; reticent while reclusive is of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.

Reticent vs Reculsive - What's the difference?

reticent | reculsive |

Reticent vs Aloof - What's the difference?

reticent | aloof |


As adjectives the difference between reticent and aloof

is that reticent is reluctant; reticent while aloof is reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

As an adverb aloof is

at or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.

As a preposition aloof is

(obsolete) away from; clear of.

Reticent vs Prevaricate - What's the difference?

reticent | prevaricate |


As an adjective reticent

is reluctant; reticent.

As a verb prevaricate is

(transitive|intransitive|obsolete) to deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

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