Married vs Divorce - What's the difference?
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In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
(figuratively) Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse
(marry)
A married person.
* 2001 , Charles A. Jaffe, The Right Way to Hire Financial Help (page 11)
The legal dissolution of a marriage.
A separation of connected things.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) That which separates.
To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
To end one's own marriage in this way.
To separate something that was connected.
To obtain a legal divorce.
As nouns the difference between married and divorce
is that married is a married person while divorce is a divorced man.As an adjective married
is in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.As a verb married
is (marry).married
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* (in a state of marriage) wed, weddedAntonyms
* (in a state of marriage) single, unmarriedVerb
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* dowriedNoun
(en noun)- A perfect example is life insurance. Most people starting out don't need it; you should only insure what you can't afford to lose or replace, and singles or young marrieds without a lot of assets frequently don't require coverage.
- My plan is to wait to have sex until I'm married .
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(wikipedia divorce)Noun
(en noun)- Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.
- The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.
- to make divorce of their incorporate league
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* (legal dissolution of a marriage) divorcement * (separation of connected things) partition, separation, severanceAntonyms
* marriageDerived terms
* velvet divorceVerb
(divorc)- A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.
- Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
- The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
- Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.