different between cessation vs separation
cessation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cess?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /s??se???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
cessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations)
- (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
- it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
- The day […] was […] yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour.
Synonyms
- (temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
- (final): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish
Translations
Anagrams
- canoeists, sonicates
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cess?ti?. Morphologically, from cesser +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?.sa.sj??/
Noun
cessation f (plural cessations)
- cessation
Further reading
- “cessation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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separation
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)
- 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
- The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
- The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
- (law) An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.
- Synonym: divorce from bed and board
- (law) An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.
- The place at which a division occurs.
- Synonyms: border, boundary, demarcation
- An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.
- Synonyms: break, interstice; see also Thesaurus:interspace
- An object that separates two spaces.
- Synonyms: barrier, separator
- (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
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