different between dissever vs disconnect

English

Etymology

From Middle English disseveren, from Anglo-Norman desevrer, Old French dessevrer, from Vulgar Latin *diss?per?, diss?per?re, from Latin dis- + s?par?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s?v?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??s?v?/

Verb

dissever (third-person singular simple present dissevers, present participle dissevering, simple past and past participle dissevered)

1. To separate; to split apart.

   • The storm so dissevered the company […] that most of them never met again.

   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, I.16:

     Philosophers, Socrates continues, try to dissever the soul from communion with the body, whereas other people think that life is not worth living for a man who has ‘no sense of pleasure and no part in bodily pleasure’.

2. To divide into separate parts.

   If the bridge is destroyed, the shores are dissevered.

Related terms

• sever

Translations

Anagrams

• dervises, devisers, disserve

English

Etymology

dis- +? connect

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /d?sk??n?kt/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /d?sk??n?kt/, /?d?sk?n?kt/
• Hyphenation: dis?con?nect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

disconnect (third-person singular simple present disconnects, present participle disconnecting, simple past and past participle disconnected)

1. (transitive) To sever or interrupt a connection.
2. (intransitive) Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn.
3. (transitive) To remove the connection between an appliance and an electrical power source.

Translations

Noun

disconnect (plural disconnects)

1. A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection.
2. A switch used to isolate a portion of an electrical circuit.
3. A lack of connection or accord; a mismatch.

   There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.

   • 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 24 October 2012):

     Some of the disconnect between the economy’s problems and the solutions offered by Washington stem from the nature of the current political debate.

4. (Scientology) The deliberate severing of ties with family, friends, etc. considered antagonistic towards Scientology.

Usage notes

• Some object to the use of disconnect to mean “disconnection” or “a break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process”, noting the lack of a corresponding sense of connect.

Synonyms

• (switch): disconnector

Antonyms

• connect

Translations