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Divorced vs. Estranged — What's the Difference?

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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