Dismantle vs Dissect - What's the difference?
dismantle | dissect |
(originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
To remove fittings or furnishings from.
To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
(transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
(pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.
In transitive terms the difference between dismantle and dissect
is that dismantle is to take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces while dissect is to analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.As verbs the difference between dismantle and dissect
is that dismantle is to divest, strip of dress or covering while dissect is to study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.dismantle
English
Verb
(dismantl)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled . Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]}}
Derived terms
* dismantlementReferences
*dissect
English
Verb
(en verb)- Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.