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Annulled vs Divorce - What's the difference?

annulled | divorce |

As verbs the difference between annulled and divorce

is that annulled is past tense of annul while divorce is to legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

As a noun divorce is

the legal dissolution of a marriage.

annulled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (annul)

    • annul

    English

    Verb

  • To formally revoke the validity of.
  • To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.

    • Derived terms

    * annulment

    Related terms

    * (formally revoke the validity of''): make ''or render null and void, null, nullify * (dissolve (a marital union) ): dissolve

    References

    *

    divorce

    English

    (wikipedia divorce)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The legal dissolution of a marriage.
    • Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.
  • A separation of connected things.
    • The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.
  • * Shakespeare
    • to make divorce of their incorporate league
  • (obsolete) That which separates.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * (legal dissolution of a marriage) divorcement * (separation of connected things) partition, separation, severance

    Antonyms

    * marriage

    Derived terms

    * velvet divorce

    Verb

    (divorc)
  • To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
    • A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.
  • To end one's own marriage in this way.
    • Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
  • To separate something that was connected.
    • The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
  • To obtain a legal divorce.
    • Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.

    Synonyms

    * (to legally dissolve a marriage) split up * (to separate something that was connected) disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, separate

    Antonyms

    * marry

    Derived terms

    * innocently divorced