different between soliloquy vs solitude

English

Etymology

1595–1605; From Late Latin s?liloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo ("Two Books of Soliloquies"), from s?lus (“only, sole”) + loquor (“I speak”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?l?l??kw?, IPA^(key): /s??l?l?kwi/
• Hyphenation: so?lil?o?quy

Noun

soliloquy (countable and uncountable, plural soliloquies)

1. (drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.

   Coordinate term: aside
2. (authorship) A speech or written discourse in this form.

   Synonym: monologue

   Antonyms: colloquy, dialogue, dialog

Usage notes

Primarily used of theater, particularly the works of William Shakespeare, as a term of art, particularly for finely-crafted speeches. An archetype is the “To be, or not to be” soliloquy in Hamlet. In informal speech or discussions of popular culture, the term monologue is used instead. However, the terms are not precisely synonymous; a monologue is held in the presence and directed towards other characters on the stage, whereas a soliloquy does not acknowledge the presence of any other stage characters if present, and is directed to the audience.

Hypernyms

• locution
• oration

Derived terms

• soliloquist
• soliloquize

Related terms

• solo, solitude
• locution – see other terms on same loquor root

Translations

See also

• apostrophe
• stage whisper

Verb

soliloquy (third-person singular simple present soliloquies, present participle soliloquying or soliloquing, simple past and past participle soliloquied)

1. (very rare) To issue a soliloquy.

Synonyms

• soliloquize (much more common)

Further reading

• soliloquy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Old French solitude; synchronically, sole +? -itude.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l??tju?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?l??tud/
• Hyphenation: sol?i?tude

Noun

solitude (countable and uncountable, plural solitudes)

1. Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.

   Synonym: aloneness

   Antonym: intimacy

2. A lonely or deserted place.
   • 1813, Lord Byron, Bride of Abydos, Canto 2, stanza 20:

     Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
     He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.

   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 193]:

     Cranks like Rousseau made solitude glamorous, but sensible people agreed that it was really terrible.

Derived terms

• two solitudes

Related terms

• sole
• solo
• soliloquy
• solitary
• solitudinous
• solitudinously

Translations

See also

• loneliness

Further reading

• solitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• outslide, slideout, toluides

French

Etymology

From Latin s?lit?d?, corresponding to s?lus (“alone”) + -t?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.li.tyd/

Noun

solitude f (plural solitudes)

1. solitude

Related terms

• solitaire
• seul

Further reading

• “solitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Noun

solitude f (nominative singular solitude)

1. solitude

Descendants

• ? English: solitude
• French: solitude

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin s?lit?d?, corresponding to s?lus (“alone”) + -t?d?.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soli?tud??i/

Noun

solitude f (plural solitudes)

1. solitude

Related terms

• só
• solidão
• solitário