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Disconnected vs Estranged - What's the difference?

disconnected | estranged |

As verbs the difference between disconnected and estranged

is that disconnected is (disconnect) while estranged is (estrange).

As adjectives the difference between disconnected and estranged

is that disconnected is that is no longer connected while estranged is having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

disconnected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (disconnect)
    • The phone company disconnected my DSL.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That is no longer connected.
    • There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
  • Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
    • I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.
  • (mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.

    • Antonyms

    * connected

    Derived terms

    * disconnectedly * disconnectedness

    estranged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (estrange)
    • She estranged her husband by not talking to him for over a year.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

    • Usage notes

    A relatively formal term, the more colloquial alternative is “to not talk”, as in “I don’t talk to my mother”. A semi-formal alternative is not on speaking terms.

    Synonyms

    * alienated

    Coordinate terms

    * separated

    Related terms

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