The difference between Divorce and Severance

When used as nouns, divorce means the legal dissolution of a marriage, whereas severance means the act of severing or the state of being severed.


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

check bellow for the other definitions of Divorce and Severance

  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."

  1. Severance as a noun:

    The act of severing or the state of being severed.

  2. Severance as a noun:

    A separation.

  3. Severance as a noun:

    A severance payment.