The difference between Divorced and Widow

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

Widow is also noun with the meaning: a woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).

Widow is also verb with the meaning: to make a widow or widower of someone.

check bellow for the other definitions of Divorced and Widow

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."

Widow as a noun:

A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.
Widow as a noun (uncommon):

A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
Widow as a noun (informal, in combination):

A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
Widow as a noun (card games):

An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
Widow as a noun (printing):

A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
Widow as a noun:

A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.

Widow as a verb (transitive):

To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.
Widow as a verb (transitive, figurative):

To strip of anything valued.
Widow as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To endow with a widow's right.
Widow as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To be widow to.