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Estranged vs Dethroned - What's the difference?

estranged | dethroned |

As verbs the difference between estranged and dethroned

is that estranged is (estrange) while dethroned is (dethrone).

As an adjective estranged

is having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

estranged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (estrange)
    • She estranged her husband by not talking to him for over a year.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

    • Usage notes

    A relatively formal term, the more colloquial alternative is “to not talk”, as in “I don’t talk to my mother”. A semi-formal alternative is not on speaking terms.

    Synonyms

    * alienated

    Coordinate terms

    * separated

    Related terms

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    dethroned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dethrone)

    • dethrone

    English

    Verb

    (dethron)
  • To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
  • To remove any governing authority from power.

    • Derived terms

    * dethronement

    Synonyms

    * (forcibly remove a monarch ): depose * (remove governing authority from power ): bring down, depose, divest, overthrow

    Antonyms

    * (forcibly remove a monarch ): coronate, crown, enthrone, king * (remove governing authority from power ): empower, install, invest, take office

    See also

    * abdicate * coup d'etat