Solitude vs. Solace — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Solitude and Solace
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Definitions
Solitude
Solitude is a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people. It can have both positive and negative effects, depending on the situation.
Solace
Comfort or consolation in a time of great distress or sadness
She sought solace in her religion
Solitude
The state or quality of being alone or remote from others
Composers need solitude to work.
Solace
Give solace to
The soundlessness of nature impressed and solaced her
Solitude
The state of being secluded or uninhabited
Sought out the solitude of the forest.
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Solace
Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress; consolation.
Solitude
A secluded or uninhabited place
"Beyond his bleak sky-line there stretched vast solitudes" (Jack London).
Solace
A source of comfort or consolation.
Solitude
Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.
Solace
To comfort, cheer, or console, as in trouble or sorrow.
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Solitude
A lonely or deserted place.
Solace
To allay or assuage
"They solaced their wretchedness, however, by duets after supper" (Jane Austen).
Solitude
State of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.
Whosoever is delighted with solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
O Solitude! where are the charmsThat sages have seen in thy face?
Solace
Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.
Solitude
Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; - said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.
The solitude of his little parish is become matter of great comfort to him.
Solace
A source of comfort or consolation.
Solitude
Solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.
In these deep solitudes and awful cellsWhere heavenly pensive contemplation dwells.
O blest retirement, friend to life's decline.
Such only can enjoy the country who are capable of thinking when they are there; then they are prepared for solitude; and in that [the country] solitude is prepared for them.
It is a place of seclusion from the external world.
These evils . . . seem likely to reduce it [a city] ere long to the loneliness and the insignificance of a village.
Solace
(transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
Solitude
A state of social isolation
Solace
(transitive) To allay or assuage.
Solitude
A solitary place
Solace
(intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.
Solitude
A disposition toward being alone
Solace
Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
In business of mirth and of solace.
The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
Solace
Rest; relaxation; ease.
To make his steed some solace.
Solace
To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; - applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
Solace
To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
Solace
To take comfort; to be cheered.
Solace
The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment;
Second place was no consolation to him
Solace
Comfort in disappointment or misery
Solace
The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction;
His presence was a consolation to her
Solace
Give moral or emotional strength to
