Disappeared vs Gone - What's the difference?
disappeared | gone |
(often of a political dissident) Caused to disappear.
(disappear)
* 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
Away, having left.
(figuratively) No longer part of the present situation.
No longer existing, having passed.
Used up.
Dead.
(colloquial) Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings
(colloquial) Excellent; wonderful.
(archaic) Ago (used post-positionally).
* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 491:
(British, informal) Past, after, later than (a time).
As adjectives the difference between disappeared and gone
is that disappeared is caused to disappear while gone is away, having left.As verbs the difference between disappeared and gone
is that disappeared is past tense of disappear while gone is past participle of lang=en.As a preposition gone is
past, after, later than (a time).disappeared
English
Adjective
(-)Verb
(head)- In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
gone
English
Alternative forms
* ywent (obsolete verb form)Verb
(head)Derived terms
* gonerAdjective
(-)- Are they gone already?
- Don't both trying to understand what Grandma says, she's gone .
- He won't be going out with us tonight. Now that he's engaged, he's gone .
- Have you seen their revenue numbers? They're gone .
- The days of my youth are gone .
- I'm afraid all the coffee's gone at the moment.
- Dude, look at Jack. He's completely gone .
- Six nights gone , your brother fell upon my uncle Stafford, encamped with his host at a village called Oxcross not three days ride from Casterly Rock.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- You'd better hurry up, it's gone four o'clock.