Disconnected vs Severed - What's the difference?
disconnected | severed | Related terms |
(disconnect)
That is no longer connected.
Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
(mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.
(sever)
separated, cut off or broken apart
As verbs the difference between disconnected and severed
is that disconnected is past tense of disconnect while severed is past tense of sever.As adjectives the difference between disconnected and severed
is that disconnected is that is no longer connected while severed is separated, cut off or broken apart.disconnected
English
Verb
(head)- The phone company disconnected my DSL.
Adjective
(en adjective)- There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
- I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.
Antonyms
* connectedDerived terms
* disconnectedly * disconnectednesssevered
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- a severed limb