isolation vs estrangement

isolation and estrangement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
isolation	Yes	No	No	No
estrangement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, estrangement is a hypernym of isolation; that is, estrangement is a word with a broader meaning than isolation:

isolation: a feeling of being disliked and alone
estrangement: the feeling of being alienated from other people

Other hypernyms of isolation include alienation, disaffection.

As nouns, estrangement is a hyponym of isolation; that is, estrangement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than isolation:

isolation: a state of separation between persons or groups
estrangement: separation resulting from hostility

Other hyponyms of isolation include solitude, purdah, solitude, loneliness, solitariness, quarantine, detachment, insularism, insularity, insulation, alienation, anomie, anomy, concealment, privacy, privateness, secrecy.

isolation (noun)	estrangement (noun)
the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others	the feeling of being alienated from other people
a country's withdrawal from international politics	separation resulting from hostility
a feeling of being disliked and alone
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
a state of separation between persons or groups

isolation vs estrangement

isolation and estrangement both are nouns.

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