Segregate vs Disconnect - What's the difference?
segregate | disconnect |
To separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.
A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
* 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/us/politics/race-for-president-leaves-income-slump-in-shadows.html?_r=1&hp]," New York Times (retrieved 24 October 2012):
(Scientology) The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.
To sever or interrupt a connection.
Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.
To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.
As verbs the difference between segregate and disconnect
is that segregate is to separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart while disconnect is to sever or interrupt a connection.As an adjective segregate
is separate; select.As a noun disconnect is
a break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.segregate
English
Verb
(segregat)Synonyms
* isolate * separate * sequester * sunder outAntonyms
* aggregateAnagrams
* ----disconnect
English
Noun
(en noun)- There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.
- Some of the disconnect between the economy’s problems and the solutions offered by Washington stem from the nature of the current political debate.