The difference between Divorce and Separation
When used as nouns, divorce means the legal dissolution of a marriage, whereas separation means the act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
Divorce is also verb with the meaning: to legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
check bellow for the other definitions of Divorce and Separation
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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."
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Separation as a noun:
The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
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Separation as a noun:
The place at which a division occurs.
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Separation as a noun:
An interval, gap or space that separates things.
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Separation as a noun (legal):
An agreement terminating a relationship between a married couple, but short of a divorce.
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Separation as a noun (military):
Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.