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Difference Between Aloof and Detached

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Definitions

Aloof

Emotionally reserved or indifferent
An aloof manner.

Detached

Separate or disconnected.

Aloof

Distant or uninvolved
Remained aloof from political movements.

Detached

Aloof and objective
He is a detached observer of his own actions

Aloof

At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
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Detached

Separated; disconnected
A detached part.
A detached plug.

Aloof

Without sympathy; unfavorably.

Detached

Standing apart from others; separate
A house with a detached garage.

Aloof

Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

Detached

Marked by an absence of emotional involvement or personal interest; aloof or unbiased.
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Aloof

(obsolete) Away from; clear of.

Detached

Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.

Aloof

Same as Alewife.

Detached

Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.

Aloof

At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Our palace stood aloof from streets.

Detached

Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.

Aloof

Without sympathy; unfavorably.
To make the Bible as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof and with caution, is the worst of all impieties.

Detached

Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.

Aloof

Away from; clear from.
Rivetus . . . would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.

Detached

Simple past tense and past participle of detach

Aloof

Remote in manner;
Stood apart with aloof dignity
A distant smile
He was upstage with strangers

Detached

Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels.

Aloof

In an aloof manner;
The local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough

Detached

Showing lack of emotional involvement;
Adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair
She may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive
An uninvolved bystander

Detached

Being or feeling set or kept apart from others;
She felt detached from the group
Could not remain the isolated figure he had been
Thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
Had a set-apart feeling

Detached

No longer connected or joined;
A detached part
On one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached
The separated spacecraft will return to their home bases

Detached

Used of buildings; standing apart from others;
Detached houses
A detached garage

Detached

Not fixed in position;
The detached shutter fell on him
He pulled his arm free and ran

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