2021-01-08 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Separate & divide

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ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – Separate & divide

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ออกเสียง Separate - verb = ‘SEP-uh-reyt’ or noun = ‘SEP-uh-rit’

ออกเสียง divide = ‘dih-VAHYD’

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SYNONYM STUDY FOR SEPARATE

Separate, divide

imply a putting apart or keeping apart of things from each other.

To separate is to remove from each other things previously associated:

to separate a mother from her children.

To divide is to split or break up carefully

according to measurement, rule, or plan:

to divide a cake into equal parts.

Noun - mainly US and Canadian

an area of relatively high ground separating drainage basins;

watershed

See also continental divide

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for separate

Verb

SEPARATE, PART, DIVIDE, SEVER, SUNDER, DIVORCE

mean to become or cause to become disunitedor disjointed.

SEPARATE may imply any of several causes

such as dispersion, removal of one from others,

or presence of an intervening thing.

separated her personal life from her career

PART implies the separating of things or persons in close union or association. vowed never to part

DIVIDE implies separating into pieces or sections by cutting or breaking.

civil war divided the nation

SEVER implies violence especially in the removal of a part or member.

a severed limb

SUNDER suggests violent rending or wrenching apart.

a city sundered by racial conflict

DIVORCE implies separating two things that commonly interact and belong together.

cannot divorce scientific research from moral responsibility

DISTRIBUTE, DISPENSE, DIVIDE, DEAL, DOLE OUT

mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group.

DISTRIBUTE implies an apportioning by separation of something

into parts, units, or amounts.

distributed food to the needy

DISPENSE suggests the giving of a carefully weighed or measured portion

to each of a group according to due orneed.

dispensed wisdom to the students

DIVIDE stresses the separation of a whole into parts

and implies that the parts are equal.

three charitable groups divided the proceeds

DEAL emphasizes the allotment of something piece by piece.

deal out equipment and supplies

DOLE OUT implies a carefully measured portion of something

that is often in short supply.

doled out what little food there was

Adjective

DISTINCT, SEPARATE, DISCRETE

mean not being each and every one the same.

DISTINCT indicates that something is distinguished by the mind or eye

as being apart or different from others.

two distinct versions

SEPARATE often stresses lack of connection or a difference in identity

between two things. separate rooms

DISCRETE strongly emphasizes individuality and lack of connection.

broke the job down into discrete stages

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,

sep′a·rate·ly adv.

sep′a·rate·ness n.

Synonyms: separate, divide, part, sever, sunder, divorce

These verbs mean to become or cause to become

parted, disconnected, or disunited.

Separate applies both to putting apart and to keeping apart:

"In the darkness and confusion, the bands of these commanders became separated from each other" (Washington Irving).

Divide implies separation by oras if by cutting or splitting

into parts or shares;

the term often refers to separation into opposing or hostilegroups:

We divided the orange into segments.

"'A house divided against itself cannot stand.'

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free" (Abraham Lincoln).

Part refers most often to

the separation of closely associated personsor things:

"Because ... nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us" (Emily Brontë).

Sever usually implies abruptnessand force:

"His head was nearly severed from his body" (H.G. Wells).

Sunder stresses violent tearing or wrenching apart:

The country was sundered by civil war.

Divorce implies complete separation:

"a priest and a soldier, two classes of men circumstantially divorced from the kind and homely ties of life" (Robert Louis Stevenson).

See Also Synonyms at distinct.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary

sep′a•rate•ly, adv.

sep′a•rate•ness, n.

usage:

separate is often found with the spelling seperate,

even in quite respectable publications.

Despite this frequency, however,

seperate is almost universally considered a misspelling.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Separate & divide

To separate is “to set apart,” “to keep apart,”

“to distinguish,” “to differentiate between,” “to detach”:

“Please separate the white shirts from the colored ones.”

“When did you and your partner separate?)

“The candidate proposed that New York City separate from the state of New York.”

Divide has much the same meaning as separate

but is correctly used to imply

(1) splitting or breaking up according to a plan and

(2) rearrangement in hostile or opposinggroups:

“The candy was divided equally among children.”

“This issue will divide local and state representatives along party lines.”