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
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Disjoint as an adjective:
Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
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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.
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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"
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Disjoint as a verb:
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
Examples:
"a disjointed speech"
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Disjoint as a verb (obsolete):
To fall into pieces.
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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."
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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."
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Divorce as a noun (obsolete):
That which separates.
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Divorce as a verb (transitive):
To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
Examples:
"A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."
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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."
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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."
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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."