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Divorcee vs. Divorce — What's the Difference?

Divorcee vs. Divorce — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Divorcee and Divorce

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Divorcee

A divorced woman.

Divorce

Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.

Divorcee

A divorced person.

Divorce

A divorced man.

Divorcee

A person divorced.
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Divorce

The legal dissolution of a marriage.

Divorcee

A divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband

Divorce

A court order or other document establishing such a dissolution.

Divorce

A separation between things that were once connected or associated.

Divorce

To dissolve the marriage bond between (two people).

Divorce

To end marriage with (one's spouse) by way of legal divorce.

Divorce

To cut off; separate or disunite
An idea that was completely divorced from reality.

Divorce

To obtain a divorce.

Divorce

The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.

Divorce

A separation of connected things.
The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.

Divorce

(zoology) The separation of a bonded pair of animals.

Divorce

(obsolete) That which separates.

Divorce

(transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.

Divorce

(transitive) To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.

Divorce

(intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.
Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.

Divorce

(transitive) To separate something that was connected.
The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.

Divorce

A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.

Divorce

The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.

Divorce

Separation; disunion of things closely united.
To make divorce of their incorporate league.

Divorce

That which separates.

Divorce

To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.

Divorce

To separate or disunite; to sunder.
It [a word] was divorced from its old sense.

Divorce

To make away; to put away.
Nothing but deathShall e'er divorce my dignities.

Divorce

The legal dissolution of a marriage

Divorce

Part; cease or break association with;
She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president

Divorce

Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage;
The couple divorced after only 6 months

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