different between seclusion vs shelter

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Latin seclusio, from secludere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??klu???n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

seclusion (countable and uncountable, plural seclusions)

1. The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
2. The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
3. A secluded, isolated or private place.
4. (meteorology) The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.

Related terms

• seclude
• secluse
• secluseness
• seclusionist
• seclusive

Translations

References

• seclusion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• leucosins

English

Etymology

From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English s?ildtruma, s?yldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from s?yld, s?ield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???lt?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???lt?/
• Rhymes: -?lt?(r)

Noun

shelter (plural shelters)

1. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
2. An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.

Derived terms

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Verb

shelter (third-person singular simple present shelters, present participle sheltering, simple past and past participle sheltered)

1. (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
   • 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton

     Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered.

2. (intransitive) To take cover.

   During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ehlerts, Hertels, Shetler, helters, three Ls