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Separated vs Severed - What's the difference?

separated | severed |

As adjectives the difference between separated and severed

is that separated is detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart while severed is separated, cut off or broken apart.

As verbs the difference between separated and severed

is that separated is (separate) while severed is (sever).

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)
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    severed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sever)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • separated, cut off or broken apart
  • a severed limb

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