Detached vs Divorced - What's the difference?
detached | divorced |
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)
Cut off, or separated.
* :
(of a marriage) Legally dissolved.
(of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.
(divorce)
As adjectives the difference between detached and divorced
is that detached is of a house: not joined to another house on either side while divorced is cut off, or separated.As verbs the difference between detached and divorced
is that detached is past tense of detach while divorced is past tense of divorce.detached
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* semi-detachedVerb
(head)divorced
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(head)- It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
- It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced .
- Mark's parents are divorced .
