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Disjointed vs Dissociated - What's the difference?

disjointed | dissociated |

As an adjective disjointed

is (figuratively) not connected, coherent, or continuous.

As a verb dissociated is

(dissociate).

disjointed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
  • The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
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  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England can look forward to a quarter-final next weekend against a similarly struggling France, a reward they scarcely deserve on the evidence of this disjointed display.}}

    dissociated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dissociate)

  • dissociate

    English

    Verb

  • To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
  • A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
  • To part; to stop associating.
  • After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
  • (chemistry) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
  • We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
  • (chemistry) To undergo dissociation.
  • (psychology) To undergo dissociation.
  • Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating .

    Antonyms

    * associate

    Derived terms

    * dissociation * dissociative