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Separated vs Detwinned - What's the difference?

separated | detwinned |

As adjectives the difference between separated and detwinned

is that separated is detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart while detwinned is (crystallography) describing the components of a twinned crystal that have been separated.

As a verb separated

is (separate).

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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    detwinned

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (crystallography) Describing the components of a twinned crystal that have been separated.