The difference between Disclaim and Disown
When used as verbs, disclaim means to renounce all claim to, whereas disown means to refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one's own.
check bellow for the other definitions of Disclaim and Disown
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Disclaim as a verb:
To renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
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Disclaim as a verb:
To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
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Disclaim as a verb (legal):
To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
Examples:
"rfquotek Burrill"
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Disown as a verb (transitive):
To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one's own.
Examples:
"Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris."
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Disown as a verb (transitive):
To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
Examples:
"synonyms: disavow disclaim Thesaurus:repudiate"
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Disown as a verb (transitive, computing, Unix):
To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.