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Withdrawn vs Recluse - What's the difference?

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Withdrawn is a related term of recluse.


As adjectives the difference between withdrawn and recluse

is that withdrawn is introvert while recluse is (now rare ) sequestered; secluded, isolated.

As verbs the difference between withdrawn and recluse

is that withdrawn is while recluse is (obsolete) to shut; to seclude.

As a noun recluse is

a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.

withdrawn

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • introvert.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • English irregular past participles

    recluse

    English

    (wikipedia recluse)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (now rare ) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
    • a recluse monk or hermit
  • * J. Philips
    • In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
  • (now rare ) Hidden, secret.

    • Synonyms

    * reclusive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
  • (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
    • (Foxe)
  • (US) A brown recluse spider.

    • Synonyms

    anchorite, eremite, hermit * See also

    Derived terms

    * brown recluse * recluse spider

    Verb

    (reclus)
  • (obsolete) To shut; to seclude.
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