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Separated vs Divided - What's the difference?

separated | divided |

As adjectives the difference between separated and divided

is that separated is detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart while divided is separated or split into pieces.

As verbs the difference between separated and divided

is that separated is past tense of separate while divided is past tense of divide.

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

    * * *

    divided

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (divide)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • separated or split into pieces
  • having conflicting interests or emotions
  • disunited
  • (US) (of a road ) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median

    • Antonyms

    * undivided * combined * unified