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Separated vs Metaphase - What's the difference?

separated | metaphase |

As an adjective separated

is detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.

As a verb separated

is past tense of separate.

As a noun metaphase is

the stage of mitosis and meiosis, that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated.

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

    * * *

    metaphase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia metaphase) (en noun)
  • the stage of mitosis and meiosis, that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated