different between insulated vs hidden

English

Adjective

insulated (comparative more insulated, superlative most insulated)

1. Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
2. Placed or set apart.

   an insulated house or column

   • 1846, Thomas De Quincey, On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine)

     the special and insulated situation of the Jews

3. (of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity.
4. (astronomy, dated) Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the effect of their mutual attraction is undetectable.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of C. A. Young to this entry?)

Verb

insulated

1. simple past tense and past participle of insulate

Anagrams

• nidulates, tasuldine

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?d?n, IPA^(key): /?h?d(?)n/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?dn/

• Rhymes: -?d?n

Verb

hidden

1. past participle of hide

Adjective

hidden (comparative more hidden, superlative most hidden)

1. Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
2. Obscure. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:hidden

Antonyms

• See Thesaurus:hidden

Derived terms

• hidden tax

Translations

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German huoten, from Proto-Germanic *h?dijan?. Cognate with German hüten, Dutch hoeden, and English heed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hiden/, [?hid?n]
• Rhymes: -id?n

Verb

hidden (third-person singular present hitt, past participle gehitt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to tend, to mind, to look after

Conjugation