Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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isolation | Yes | No | No | No |
quarantine | Yes | No | Yes | No |
isolation (noun) | quarantine (noun) |
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the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others | isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease |
a country's withdrawal from international politics | enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease |
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 (verb) | quarantine (verb) |
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place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons |