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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