different between abstracted vs absorbed

English

Etymology

abstract +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b.?st?æk.t?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b.?st?æk.t?d/, /æb.?st?æk.t?d/

Adjective

abstracted (comparative more abstracted, superlative most abstracted)

1. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]
2. (now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
3. (now rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
4. Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17^th century.]
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 57:

     I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?

Derived terms

• abstractedly
• abstractedness

Translations

Verb

abstracted

1. simple past tense and past participle of abstract

References

English

Etymology

absorb +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s??bd/, /æb?z??bd/, /?b?s??bd/, /?b?z??bd/

Adjective

absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)

1. Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
2. Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

Translations

Verb

absorbed

1. simple past tense and past participle of absorb

Derived terms

• absorbed dose
• self-absorbed

See also

• adsorbed

References

Spanish

Verb

absorbed

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of absorber.