Separated vs Independent - What's the difference?
separated | independent |
detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
(of spouses) estranged; living apart but not divorced.
(separate)
not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free
(politics) not affiliated with any political party
Providing a comfortable livelihood.
Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
* R. P. Ward
A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.
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As adjectives the difference between separated and independent
is that separated is detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart while independent is not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.As a verb separated
is (separate).As a noun independent is
a candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.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
* * *independent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an independent property
- a man of an independent mind
- That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
