Dissociate vs. Dissolve — What's the Difference?

To remove from association; separate

To cause to pass into solution

(Chemistry) To cause to undergo dissociation.

To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.

To cease associating; separate; part.

To cause to lose definition; blend or blur

Chemistry & Psychiatry To undergo dissociation.

To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel

(transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

To break into component parts; disintegrate

(intransitive) To part; to stop associating.

To bring to an end, as by breaking up; terminate or annul

To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.

To dismiss (an assembly such as a legislative body).

To undergo dissociation.

To cause to be moved emotionally or upset.

To undergo dissociation.

To pass into solution

To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.

To become liquid; melt

Part; cease or break association with;

To lose definition; become blurred or indistinguishable

Regard as unconnected;

To become disintegrated; disappear

To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms;

To be broken up into separate parts

To be brought to an end; be annulled or terminated

To be moved or overcome emotionally

To make a transition between shots in a cinematic work using a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears.

A transition in a cinematic work consisting of a superimposition in which the first shot fades out while the second shot gradually appears. Also called lap dissolve.

(transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.

(transitive) To destroy, make disappear.

(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.

(intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.

To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.

To be disintegrated by such immersion.

(transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.

(transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.

To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.

(intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.

(obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

(cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.

To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.

To solve; to clear up; to resolve.

To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

Cause to go into a solution;

Pass into a solution;

Become weaker;

Come to an end;

Stop functioning or cohering as a unit;

Cause to lose control emotionally;

Lose control emotionally;

Cause to fade away;

Become or cause to become soft or liquid;

Bring the association of to an end or cause to break up;

Declare void;