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Rending vs Sever - What's the difference?

rending | sever |

As a verb rending

is .

As a noun rending

is the act by which something is rent, or torn.

As a proper noun sever is

.

rending

English

Verb

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * heart-rending

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is rent, or torn.
    • rendings of garments

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    sever

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut free.
    • After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
    to sever the head from the body
  • * Bible, Matthew xiii. 49
    • The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
  • To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
    • The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. — Ex. ix. 4.
    They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.
  • (legal) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
    • to sever an estate in joint tenancy
    (Blackstone)

    Synonyms

    * becut * cut off

    Derived terms

    * severable * severally

    Related terms

    * separate

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