Disjoint vs Mutilate - What's the difference?
disjoint | mutilate | Related terms |
not smooth or continuous; disjointed
(set theory) (not used in the comparative or superlative ) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
To render ; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
* Prior
* Longfellow
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
To fall into pieces.
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
To destroy beyond recognition.
(figuratively) To render imperfect or defective.
(obsolete) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
(zoology) Having fin-like appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean does.
(Webster 1913)
Disjoint is a related term of mutilate.
As adjectives the difference between disjoint and mutilate
is that disjoint is not smooth or continuous; disjointed while mutilate is (obsolete) deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.As verbs the difference between disjoint and mutilate
is that disjoint is to render ; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection while mutilate is to physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.disjoint
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* non-disjoint * overlappingVerb
(en verb)- to disjoint''' limbs; to '''disjoint''' bones; to '''disjoint poultry by carving
- Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, / But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame?
- Some half-ruined wall / Disjointed and about to fall.
- a disjointed speech
- (Shakespeare)
See also
* disjoin ----mutilate
English
Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* maim * mangleDerived terms
* mutilation * mutilative * mutilatorSee also
* amputate, amputation * castrate, castration * circumcise, circumcisionAdjective
(-)- (Sir Thomas Browne)