Difference between Retiring and Modest

What is the difference between Retiring and Modest?

Retiring as an adjective is shy, introverted, liking privacy. while Modest as an adjective is not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.

Retiring

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Shy, introverted, liking privacy. About to retire.

Example sentence: Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.

Modest

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.Small, moderate in size.(especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.

Example sentence: If Rajamouli is the brain and heart of 'Baahubali,' the producers are its skeleton, holding everything together, and the fans are the blood. Rajamouli deserves all the laurels, but he's so modest that he diverts all of it towards his team.

We hope you now know whether to use Retiring or Modest in your sentence.

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