separation vs dissociation

dissociation vs separation

separation and dissociation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
separation	Yes	No	No	No
dissociation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dissociation is a hyponym of separation; that is, dissociation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than separation:

separation: the act of dividing or disconnecting
dissociation: the act of removing from association

Other hyponyms of separation include avulsion, secession, withdrawal, disunion, disconnection, disjunction, division, detachment, disengagement, tear, remotion, removal, division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation, divergence, divergency, withdrawal.

separation (noun)	dissociation (noun)
the social act of separating or parting company	the act of removing from association
the act of dividing or disconnecting	(chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)	a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
sorting one thing from others
the distance between things
coming apart
the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
the space where a division or parting occurs
the state of lacking unity

Difference between separation and dissociation

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