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Retired vs Unemployed - What's the difference?

retired | unemployed |

As adjectives the difference between retired and unemployed

is that retired is secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet while unemployed is having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).

As a verb retired

is past tense of retire.

As a noun unemployed is

unemployed people.

retired

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
  • Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.
  • *1910 , , "The Saint and the Goblin", Reginald in Russia :
  • *:The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.
  • That has left employment (of a person), especially on reaching pensionable age.
  • The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (retire)
  • Anagrams

    * *

    unemployed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).
  • Having no use, not doing work
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot from Lampard that was comfortably collected by keeper Iker Casillas, but for all Spain's domination of the ball his England counterpart Joe Hart was unemployed .}}

    Synonyms

    * (having no job) jobless, out of work (used only after the noun ), out-of-work

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Unemployed people.
  • The unemployed are a growing portion of the population.

    Usage notes

    * This is not a true noun. It is an example of a "fused-head" construction in which an adjective (or possessive or determiner) is assumed to have fused with an omitted noun which is grammatically required.

    Synonyms

    * jobless