Detachverb
(transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
‘to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment’;
Disconnectverb
(transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection.
Detachverb
To separate for a special object or use.
‘to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment’;
Disconnectverb
(intransitive) Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.
Detachverb
(intransitive) To come off something.
‘Now that the zipper has detached, my winter coat won't keep me very warm.’;
Disconnectverb
(transitive) To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.
Detachverb
To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; - the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.
Disconnectnoun
A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
Detachverb
To separate for a special object or use; - used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
Disconnectnoun
A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
Detachverb
To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
‘[A vapor] detaching, fold by fold,From those still heights.’;
Disconnectnoun
A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.
‘There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.’;
Detachverb
cause to become detached or separated; take off;
‘detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it’;
Disconnectnoun
(Scientology) The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.
Detachverb
military use: separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment;
‘detach a regiment’;
Disconnectverb
To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.
‘The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality.’; ‘This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals.’;
Detachverb
come to be detached;
‘His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery’;
Disconnectnoun
an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding);
‘he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends’; ‘there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy’;
Disconnectverb
of electrical appliances
Disconnectverb
make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
