Different vs. Separate — What's the Difference?

Not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality

To set, force, or keep apart

Distinct; separate

To put space between; space apart or scatter

Unlike in form, quality, amount, or nature; dissimilar

To form a border or barrier between (two areas or groups)

Distinct or separate

To place in different groups; sort

Various or assorted

To differentiate or discriminate between; distinguish

Differing from all others; unusual

To cause to be distinct or different

In a different way or manner; otherwise

To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.

Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

To cause (one person) to stop living with another, or to cause (a couple) to stop living together, often by decree

Various, assorted, diverse.

To terminate a contractual relationship with (someone); discharge.

Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity.

To come apart; become detached

Unlike most others; unusual.

To withdraw or break away

(mathematics) The different ideal.

To part company; go away from each other; disperse

Differently.

To stop living together as a couple

Distinct; separate; not the same; other.

To become divided into components or parts

Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.

Not touching or adjoined; detached

Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree;

Existing or considered as an independent entity

Distinctly separate from the first;

Dissimilar from all others; distinct or individual

Differing from all others; not ordinary;

Often Separate Having undergone schism or estrangement from a parent body

Not like; marked by dissimilarity;

A garment, such as a skirt, jacket, or pair of slacks, that may be purchased separately and worn in various combinations with other garments.

Distinct or separate;

A stereo component that is purchased separately and connected to other components as part of a system.

An offprint of an article.

Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

(followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).

(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.

(transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.

(transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.

(intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.

(obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.

(bibliography) A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers.

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.

To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.

Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; - said of things once connected.

Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; - said of things that have not been connected.

Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.

A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

Act as a barrier between; stand between;

Force, take, or pull apart;

Mark as different;

Separate into parts or portions;

Come apart;

Divide into components or constituents;

Arrange or order by classes or categories;

Become separated into pieces or fragments;

Make a division or separation

Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;

Go one's own away; move apart;

Treat differently on the basis of sex or race

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

Independent; not united or joint;

Individual and distinct;

Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything;

Not living together as man and wife;

Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;

Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion;

Have the connection undone; having become separate