Distant vs Asunder - What's the difference?
distant | asunder | Synonyms |
Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}
Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
Into separate parts or pieces; apart.
Distant is a synonym of asunder.
As an adjective distant
is far off (physically, logically or mentally).As an adverb asunder is
into separate parts or pieces; apart.distant
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Alternative forms
* distaunt (obsolete) * dystant (obsolete) * dystaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)External links
* * * ----asunder
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adverb
(en adverb)- Lest anyone find her treasure, she tore the map asunder and cast its pieces into the wind.
- 1985 , (Kate Bush), (Running Up That Hill)
- You don't want to hurt me, but see how deep the bullet lies. Unaware that I'm tearing you asunder . There is thunder in our hearts.
