Difference between Lone and Lonely

What is the difference between Lone and Lonely?

Lone as an adjective is solitary; having no companion. while Lonely as an adjective is of person, unhappy by feelings of loneliness.

Lone

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Solitary; having no companion. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship. Sole; being the only one of a type. Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.

Example sentence: The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission.

Lonely

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of person, unhappy by feelings of loneliness.Of place, unfrequented by people; desolate.Of person, without companions; solitary.

Example sentence: I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.

We hope you now know whether to use Lone or Lonely in your sentence.

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