The difference between Divorce and Divorced

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

Divorce is also verb with the meaning: to legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

Divorced is also adjective with the meaning: cut off, or separated.

check bellow for the other definitions of Divorce and Divorced

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."
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."
Divorce as a noun (obsolete):

That which separates.

Divorce as a verb (transitive):

To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

Examples:

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

Divorced as an adjective:

Cut off, or separated.
Divorced as an adjective (of a marriage):

Legally dissolved.

Examples:

"It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced."
Divorced as an adjective (of persons formerly married):

Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.

Examples:

"Mark's parents are divorced."