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Asunder vs. Sunder — What's the Difference?

Asunder vs. Sunder — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Asunder and Sunder

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Asunder

Into separate parts or pieces
Broken asunder.

Sunder

To break into two or more pieces or parts; sever
"Several disputed sculptures ... are sundered, with fragments residing in separate museums" (Lee Rosenbaum).

Asunder

Apart from each other either in position or in direction
The curtains had been drawn asunder.

Sunder

To force or keep apart
"Even our own kindred in the North are sundered from us" (J.R.R. Tolkien).

Asunder

Into separate parts or pieces.
Lest anyone find her treasure, she tore the map asunder and cast its pieces into the wind.
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Sunder

To form a barrier or border between
A river that sunders the two mountain ranges.

Asunder

Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.
I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder.
As wide asunder as pole and pole.

Sunder

To dissolve (a connection or relationship)
A disagreement that sundered their friendship.

Asunder

Widely separated especially in space;
As wide asunder as pole from pole

Sunder

To become broken into parts or disunited.

Asunder

Into parts or pieces;
He took his father's watch apart
Split apart
Torn asunder

Sunder

Sundry; separate; different.

Sunder

(transitive) To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.

Sunder

(intransitive) To part, separate.

Sunder

To expose to the sun and wind.

Sunder

A separation into parts; a division or severance

Sunder

To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends.
It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain.

Sunder

To part; to separate.

Sunder

To expose to the sun and wind.

Sunder

A separation into parts; a division or severance.

Sunder

Break apart or in two, using violence

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