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Separation vs Termination - What's the difference?

separation | termination |

As nouns the difference between separation and termination

is that separation is the act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated while termination is the process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

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

    References

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    Anagrams

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    termination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
  • The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
  • An end in time; a conclusion.
  • An end in space; an edge or limit.
  • An outcome or result.
  • The last part of a word; a suffix.
  • (medical) An induced abortion.
  • (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
  • * 1599 ,
    • She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations , there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.
  • The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

    • Synonyms

    * (process of terminating ): discontinuation, stoppage * (state of being termined ): discontinuation * (process of firing an employee ): discharge, dismissal * (end in time ): close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop * (end in space ): border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip * (outcome ): consequence, outcome, result, upshot * (medical): abortion, induced abortion

    Antonyms

    * (process of terminating or the state of being terminated) continuation

    Derived terms

    * extermination * terminative * terminative case