Dissemble vs. Disassemble — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dissemble and Disassemble
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Dissemble
Conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs
An honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble
Disassemble
Take (something) to pieces
The piston can be disassembled for transport
Dissemble
To disguise or conceal one's real nature, motives, or feelings behind a false appearance.
Disassemble
To take apart
Disassemble a toaster.
Dissemble
To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.
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Disassemble
To come apart
The unit disassembles easily.
Dissemble
(transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
Disassemble
To break up in random fashion
The spectators began to disassemble.
Dissemble
(transitive) To feign.
Disassemble
To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
To perform the repair it was necessary to disassemble most of the mechanism.
Dissemble
(transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
Disassemble
(computing) To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.
Dissemble
(intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
Disassemble
To take apart; to disconnect the parts of; to convert a whole into its constituent pieces.
Dissemble
To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,But - why did you kick me down stairs?
Disassemble
To convert a computer program in machine language into an equivalent assembly-language file.
Dissemble
To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.
He soon dissembled a sleep.
Disassemble
To be able to come apart easily; to be converted into constituent parts; as, the rifle disassembles into small pieces for concealment.
Dissemble
To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips.
He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship.
Disassemble
Take apart into its constituent pieces
Dissemble
Make believe with the intent to deceive;
He feigned that he was ill
He shammed a headache
Dissemble
Hide under a false appearance;
He masked his disappointment
Dissemble
Behave unnaturally or affectedly;
She's just acting
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