Difference between Lonely and Solitary

LONELY vs SOLITARY: NOUN

Characterized by or preferring solitude
Lacking companions or companionship
Devoid of creatures
Marked by dejection from being alone
Producing such dejection.
Unfrequented by people; desolate.
Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired
Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.
Of person, without companions; solitary.
Of place, unfrequented by people; desolate.
Of person, unhappy by feelings of loneliness.
Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.
Not frequented by human beings.
Without others of a similar kind; lone; solitary.
Dejected by the awareness of being alone. : alone.

Characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life
Of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
Separated from or unfrequented by others; remote or secluded
Enjoyed or performed alone
Lacking companions or companionship
Devoid of creatures
Being the only one; single and isolated from others
Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
The starling.
The great snipe.
An American tattler (Totanus solitarius).
Any species of bee which does not form communities.
Any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family Mutillidæ. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also spider ant.
Not associated with others of the same kind.
Single; individual; sole.
Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.
Performed, passed, or endured alone.
Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.
Single and set apart from others.
Living alone or in pairs only.
Remote from civilization; secluded.
Happening, done, or made alone.
Existing, living, or going without others; alone: : alone.
Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired; lonely.

Lonesome, companionless.
Synonyms Lone, unfrequented, secluded, dreary.
Sad or dejected from want of companionship or sympathy; forsaken; forlorn.
Lacking association or companionship; solitary; standing apart physically or mentally.
Unfrequented by men; solitary; desolate: as, a lonely situation.

In astronomy, noting certain stars which have no conspicuous neighbors (a Hydræ, for instance), or stars which are not members of a binary system, visual or spectroscopic. Called by W. Herschel intersystematical.
Living alone, or by one's self or by itself; without companions or associates; habitually inclined to avoid company.
All by one's self; without companions; unattended.
Marked by solitude; especially, remote from society; unfrequented; retired; secluded; lonely: as, a solitary glen.
Free from the sounds of human life; still; dismal.
Having a sense of loneliness; lonesome.
Retiring; diffident.
Passed without company; shared by no companions; lonely.
Single; sole; only, or only one: as, a solitary instance; a solitary example.
In botany, one only in a place; separate: as, a solitary stipule.
In anatomy, single; separate; not clustered; not agminate or gathered into patches; simple; not compound: as, the solitary follicles of the intestine.
In zoöl.:
Not social, sociable, or gregarious: noting species living habitually alone, or in pairs only.
Simple; not compound, aggregate, or colonial: as, solitary ascidians. See Simplices.
Single and isolated from others
Being the only one
Of plants and animals

Hermit, Sad, Bored, Solitude, Loneliness, Unaccompanied, Unaccessible, Lone, Inaccessible, Alone, Unfrequented, Unsocial, Dejected, Solitary, Lonesome

Nongregarious, Eremitic, Unaccompanied, Unaccessible, Inaccessible, Alone, Nonsocial, Sole, Single, Unsocial, Only, Unfrequented, Lonesome, Lone, Lonely

Hermit, Sad, Bored, Solitude, Loneliness, Unaccompanied, Unaccessible, Lone, Inaccessible, Alone, Unfrequented, Unsocial, Dejected, Solitary, Lonesome

Nongregarious, Eremitic, Unaccompanied, Unaccessible, Inaccessible, Alone, Nonsocial, Sole, Single, Unsocial, Only, Unfrequented, Lonesome, Lone, Lonely

Micki may be next for our lonely mortician.
The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.
Many people feel lonely even if they are not physically isolated; and many people who are physically isolated do not feel lonely.
Chances are, if you feel lonely, there are other homeschool families around you who feel lonely too.
Is it better to sleep alone and feel lonely or sleep in the bed with your loved one and still feel lonely.
The results show that people surrounded by other lonely people themselves are more likely to feel lonely in the future.
It had been a very long, lonely time to be married and to be lonely every day.
Our lonely employee is not going to be lonely any further, congratulation for this wonderful news.
There came into her lonely life the influence of an equally lonely man.
The lonelyist kind of lonely is being married and lonely.

Jonathan gets to spend some time in solitary.
They are shy and solitary except when mating.
The cluricauue was distinguished by his solitary habits.
Canadian prisons, comparing those housed in solitary confinement with those not housed in solitary confinement.
He has spent the last twentymonths in solitary confinement, and he will spend the rest of his incarceration in solitary confinement.
Solitary Thyroid Nodules There are several characteristics of solitary nodules of the thyroid which make them suspicious for malignancy.
Sure, they have a good range and can take a few solitary shots at a few solitary, unimportant infected.
Therefore, prisons need to drastically reduce their populations in solitary confinement and the amount of time they hold prisoners in solitary confinement.
Solitary Confinement All visitation privileges are suspended while offenders are in solitary confinement.
Buying stocks is a solitary event, too solitary in fact, so always make sure you can articulate your reasoning to someone else.