Sever vs Slite - What's the difference?
sever | slite |
To cut free.
* Bible, Matthew xiii. 49
To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
(legal) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
(dialectal) To slit; tear or rip up.
(dialectal) To wear away (clothes).
(dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.
As verbs the difference between sever and slite
is that sever is to cut free while slite is to slit; tear or rip up.As a noun slite is
the act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.sever
English
Verb
(en verb)- After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
- to sever the head from the body
- The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
- (Shakespeare)
- 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.
- to sever an estate in joint tenancy
- (Blackstone)