different between breakup vs separation

English

Etymology

break +? up

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?e?k?p/

Noun

breakup (plural breakups)

1. The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
2. The termination of a friendship, or a romantic relationship.
3. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
4. (Alaska and northern Canada) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates, or more generally Spring.

Synonyms

• (act of breaking up): rupture, split
• (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship): falling out

Translations

Anagrams

• upbreak

English

Etymology

Attested in the 15th Century C.E.; borrowed from Old French separacion, from Latin separatio, separationem.Morphologically separate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?p???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

separation (countable and uncountable, plural separations)

1. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.

   Synonyms: detachment, disjunction, division, rupture, severance; see also Thesaurus:separation

   Antonyms: annexation, combination, unification; see also Thesaurus:junction

2. The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
3. The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
   1. (law) An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.

      Synonym: divorce from bed and board
4. The place at which a division occurs.

   Synonyms: border, boundary, demarcation
5. An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.

   Synonyms: break, interstice; see also Thesaurus:interspace
6. An object that separates two spaces.

   Synonyms: barrier, separator
7. (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

Derived terms

See also

• division
• fission

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “separation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• antioperas, asperation