Divorced vs. Estranged — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Divorced and Estranged
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Divorced
The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Estranged
To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate
The months of bickering estranged her from her family.
Divorced
A court order or other document establishing such a dissolution.
Estranged
To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Art that is estranged from its historical context.
Divorced
A separation between things that were once connected or associated.
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Estranged
Simple past tense and past participle of estrange
She estranged her husband by not talking to him for over a year.
Divorced
To dissolve the marriage bond between (two people).
Estranged
Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.
Divorced
To end marriage with (one's spouse) by way of legal divorce.
Estranged
Caused to be unloved
Divorced
To cut off; separate or disunite
An idea that was completely divorced from reality.
Divorced
To obtain a divorce.
Divorced
Cut off, or separated.
Divorced
(of a marriage) Legally dissolved.
It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.
Divorced
(of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.
Mark's parents are divorced.
Divorced
Simple past tense and past participle of divorce
Divorced
Having a marriage legally terminated and having not remarried.
Divorced
Of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved
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