Respectively vs Separate - What's the difference?
respectively | separate |
In a relative manner; often used when comparing lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given.
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Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
Not together (with); not united (to).
To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
* Dryden
* Bible, Romans viii. 35
To cause (things or people) to be separate.
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(obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
* Bible, Acts xiii. 2
(usually, in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.
As an adverb respectively
is in a relative manner; often used when comparing lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given.As an adjective separate is
apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).As a verb separate is
to divide (a thing) into separate parts.As a noun separate is
anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.respectively
English
Alternative forms
*Adverb
(en adverb)- ''Serena Williams and Roger Federer won the women's and men's singles titles, respectively , at the 2010 Australian Open.
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See also
* respective * irrespectivelyseparate
English
Adjective
(-)- This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
- I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
Verb
(separat)- From the fine gold I separate the alloy.
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
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- Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.