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Segregate vs Separated - What's the difference?

segregate | separated |

As adjectives the difference between segregate and separated

is that segregate is separate; select while separated is detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.

As verbs the difference between segregate and separated

is that segregate is to separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart while separated is (separate).

segregate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Separate; select.
  • (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.
  • Verb

    (segregat)
  • To separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.
  • Synonyms

    * isolate * separate * sequester * sunder out

    Antonyms

    * aggregate

    Anagrams

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    separated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
  • (of spouses) estranged; living apart but not divorced.
  • Usage notes

    When used in cooking to describe eggs in which the yolk and white have been disjoined from each other, it is more commonly used in the appositive form (two eggs, separated'') than in the usual position for an English adjective (''two separated eggs ).

    Antonyms

    * combined * unified * united

    Verb

    (head)
  • (separate)
  • Anagrams

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