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Married vs Divorce - What's the difference?

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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

English

Adjective

(-)
  • In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
  • (figuratively) Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse
  • Synonyms

    * (in a state of marriage) wed, wedded

    Antonyms

    * (in a state of marriage) single, unmarried

    Verb

    (head)
  • (marry)
  • Synonyms

    * dowried

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A married person.
  • * 2001 , Charles A. Jaffe, The Right Way to Hire Financial Help (page 11)
  • 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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    divorce

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The legal dissolution of a marriage.
  • Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.
  • A separation of connected things.
  • The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.
  • * Shakespeare
  • to make divorce of their incorporate league
  • (obsolete) That which separates.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * (legal dissolution of a marriage) divorcement * (separation of connected things) partition, separation, severance

    Antonyms

    * marriage

    Derived terms

    * velvet divorce

    Verb

    (divorc)
  • To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
  • A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.
  • To end one's own marriage in this way.
  • Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
  • To separate something that was connected.
  • The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
  • To obtain a legal divorce.
  • Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.

    Synonyms

    * (to legally dissolve a marriage) split up * (to separate something that was connected) disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, separate

    Antonyms

    * marry

    Derived terms

    * innocently divorced