different between disunite vs dissociate

English

Etymology

dis- +? unite

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?sju??na?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Verb

disunite (third-person singular simple present disunites, present participle disuniting, simple past and past participle disunited)

1. (transitive) To cause disagreement or alienation among or within.
   • 1516, Sir Thomas More, Utopia, "Of Their Military Discipline":

     If they cannot disunite them by domestic broils, then they engage their neighbours against them.

   • 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 44:

     Secrets disunite a family.

2. (transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
   • 1899, Robert Barr, Jennie Baxter, Journalist, ch. 16:

     I have discovered how to disunite that force and that particle.

3. (intransitive) To disintegrate; to come apart.
   • 1843, Robert Browning, A Blot In The 'Scutcheon, Act I:

     You cannot bind me more to you, my lord.

     Farewell till we renew... I trust, renew

     A converse ne'er to disunite again.

Related terms

• disunity

Translations

Anagrams

• nudities, unitised, untidies

Italian

Adjective

disunite f pl

1. feminine plural of disunito

Verb

disunite

1. second-person plural present indicative of disunire
2. second-person plural imperative of disunire
3. feminine plural of disunito

Anagrams

• induiste

English

Etymology

From Latin dissociat-, from dissociare, from dis- + sociare

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s??.?i.e?t/, /d??s??.si.e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??so?.?i.e?t/, /d??so?.si.e?t/

Verb

dissociate (third-person singular simple present dissociates, present participle dissociating, simple past and past participle dissociated)

1. (transitive) To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.

   A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.

2. (intransitive) To part; to stop associating.

   After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.

3. (chemistry, transitive) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.

   We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating

4. (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo dissociation.
5. (psychology, intransitive) To undergo dissociation.

   Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Antonyms

• associate

Derived terms

• dissociation
• dissociative

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Adjective

dissociate

1. feminine plural of dissociato

Noun

dissociate f

1. plural of dissociata

Verb

dissociate

1. second-person plural present indicative of dissociare
2. second-person plural imperative of dissociare
3. feminine plural of dissociato