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Sever vs Segregate - What's the difference?

sever | segregate |

As verbs the difference between sever and segregate

is that sever is to cut free while segregate is to separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

As an adjective segregate is

separate; select.

sever

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cut free.
    • After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
    to sever the head from the body
  • * Bible, Matthew xiii. 49
    • The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
  • To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
    • The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. — Ex. ix. 4.
    They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.
  • (legal) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
    • to sever an estate in joint tenancy
    (Blackstone)

    Synonyms

    * becut * cut off

    Derived terms

    * severable * severally

    Related terms

    * separate

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    segregate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Separate; select.
  • (botany) Separated from others of the same kind.

    • Verb

    (segregat)
  • To separate, used especially of social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart.

    • Synonyms

    * isolate * separate * sequester * sunder out

    Antonyms

    * aggregate

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