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What is the difference between withdrawn and absence?

withdrawn | absence |

As a adjective withdrawn

is introvert.

As a verb withdrawn

is .

As a noun absence is

a state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; the period of being away .

withdrawn

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • introvert.
  • absence

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; the period of being away.
  • * (rfdate) (w) 2:12
  • Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence .
  • Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
  • * (rfdate) - Kent
  • In the absence of conventional law.
  • Lack; deficiency; nonexistence.
  • Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
  • * (rfdate), (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
  • Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind.
  • * 1824-1829? , (w), (Imaginary Conversations)
  • To conquer that abstraction which is called absence .
  • (medical) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
  • (fencing) Lack of contact between blades.
  • Derived terms

    * absence makes the heart grow fonder

    Antonyms

    * (state of being away) presence * existence, possession, sufficiency

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