The difference between Disjoint and Divorce

When used as verbs, disjoint means to render disjoint, whereas divorce means to legally dissolve a marriage between two people.


Disjoint is also adjective with the meaning: not smooth or continuous.

Divorce is also noun with the meaning: the legal dissolution of a marriage.

check bellow for the other definitions of Disjoint and Divorce

  1. Disjoint as an adjective:

    Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.

  2. Disjoint as an adjective (set theory, not comparable):

    Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.

  1. Disjoint as a verb:

    To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.

    Examples:

    "to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint poultry by carving"

  2. Disjoint as a verb:

    To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.

    Examples:

    "a disjointed speech"

  3. Disjoint as a verb (obsolete):

    To fall into pieces.

  1. Divorce as a noun:

    The legal dissolution of a marriage.

    Examples:

    "Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene."

  2. Divorce as a noun:

    A separation of connected things.

    Examples:

    "The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines."

  3. Divorce as a noun (obsolete):

    That which separates.

  1. Divorce as a verb (transitive):

    To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

    Examples:

    "A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."

  2. Divorce as a verb (transitive):

    To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.

    Examples:

    "Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."

  3. Divorce as a verb (intransitive):

    To obtain a legal divorce.

    Examples:

    "Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."

  4. Divorce as a verb (transitive):

    To separate something that was connected.

    Examples:

    "The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."