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Separated vs Entangled - What's the difference?

separated | entangled |

As adjectives the difference between separated and entangled

is that separated is detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart while entangled is tangled or twisted together.

As verbs the difference between separated and entangled

is that separated is (separate) while entangled is (entangle).

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

    * * *

    entangled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (entangle)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • tangled or twisted together
  • confused or complicated
  • (physics) (of two quantum states'') correlated, even though physically separated; (''referring to a state of a composite system ) not separable

    • See also

    * quantum entanglement