Disassociated vs Shattered - What's the difference?
disassociated | shattered |
(disassociate)
To separate oneself from a person or situation.
To separate into smaller discrete units.
To separate from related items.
(shatter)
physically broken into pieces
*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=30 emotionally defeated or dispirited
* 2000 Lionel Robbins, A history of economic thought: the LSE lectures, Princeton University Press, p221
* 2000 Nellie McHenry, Forbidden Dreams of Love, chapter 26
* 2010 Mary Alice Beasley, Shattered Lens: A Tale of Domestic Violence and Redemption Through Love, AuthorHouse, p261
As verbs the difference between disassociated and shattered
is that disassociated is (disassociate) while shattered is (shatter).As an adjective shattered is
physically broken into pieces.disassociated
English
Verb
(head)disassociate
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Verb
(disassociat)- After the scandal, the political party disassociated itself from the questionable candidate.
- The problem is easier to understand if you disassociate the variables.
- The fabric of the coat disassociated when I washed it.
shattered
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.}}
- Well, she died after seven years of marriage, and Mill thought that he was shattered', and ' shattered no doubt he was, in the sense of this absolutely irreparable emotional loss.
- She refused to see him for two days. He was shattered . He sent his apologies.
- Yes, he had gotten his revenge for my rejection. I was shattered but remained silent.
