Detached vs Disconnected - What's the difference?
detached | disconnected | Synonyms |
Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
(detach)
(disconnect)
That is no longer connected.
Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
(mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.
As adjectives the difference between detached and disconnected
is that detached is of a house: not joined to another house on either side while disconnected is that is no longer connected.As verbs the difference between detached and disconnected
is that detached is past tense of detach while disconnected is past tense of disconnect.detached
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* semi-detachedVerb
(head)disconnected
English
Verb
(head)- The phone company disconnected my DSL.
Adjective
(en adjective)- There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
- I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.
