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Separation vs Disjuncture - What's the difference?

separation | disjuncture |

As nouns the difference between separation and disjuncture

is that separation is separation while disjuncture is a lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.

separation

English

(wikipedia separation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
  • The place at which a division occurs.
  • An interval, gap or space that separates things.
  • (legal) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
  • (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

    • Related terms

    * division * fission

    Antonyms

    * (act of disuniting two or more things) annexation, combination, unification

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    disjuncture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
  • * 2005 , Alison I. Griffith and Dorothy E. Smith, Mothering for Schooling , page 47:
    • In this chapter, we look at how women coordinate the everyday scheduling disjuncture between paid employment, both theirs and their husbands,(SIC) and the scheduling of the school.