Separated vs Divorced - What's the difference?
separated | divorced |
detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
(of spouses) estranged; living apart but not divorced.
(separate)
Cut off, or separated.
* :
(of a marriage) Legally dissolved.
(of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.
(divorce)
As adjectives the difference between separated and divorced
is that separated is detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart while divorced is cut off, or separated.As verbs the difference between separated and divorced
is that separated is past tense of separate while divorced is past tense of divorce.separated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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 * unitedVerb
(head)Anagrams
* * *divorced
English
Adjective
(head)- It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
- It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced .
- Mark's parents are divorced .