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Disassemble vs Disintegrate - What's the difference?

disassemble | disintegrate |

As verbs the difference between disassemble and disintegrate

is that disassemble is to take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly while disintegrate is to undo the integrity of, break into parts.

disassemble

English

Verb

  • To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
    • To perform the repair it was necessary to disassemble most of the mechanism.
  • (computing) To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.

    • Related terms

    * assembly * disassembly * disassembler

    disintegrate

    English

    Verb

    (disintegrat)
  • To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
  • * Kirwan
    • Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
  • To fall apart, break up into parts.

    • Synonyms

    * (qualifier) dismember, dissolve * compost, decay, dissolve

    Antonyms

    * integrate

    Derived terms

    * disintegration * disintegrative * disintegrator