Difference between separated and separation
Definitions
adjective
- being or feeling set or kept apart from others
- spaced apart
- separated at the joint
- no longer connected or joined
Examples
As sea levels rose and the northern Channel Islands separated, each fox population became genetically distinct.
As a lawyer who did a lot of conveyancing I have no problems with conveyancers coming in and doing conveyancing, provided it is done on a level playing field, and provided that they are largely separated from lawyers.
There is a difference, too, between appeasing men of violence and seeking to limit their appeal, just as the leaders of global terror must be separated from those who could become their followers.
Definitions
noun
- the space where a division or parting occurs
- coming apart
- (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
- the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
- the social act of separating or parting company
Examples
Our goal is to reduce the excess downforce to a point where we do create a little separation.
The Hindu fakir would sit for days without food or water, or bury himself alive as a kind of spiritual observance, a separation of mind from body.
The themes of separation and helplessness are probably objectifications of his own grief over the loss of his wife.
