separation vs segmentation

segmentation vs separation

separation and segmentation both are nouns.

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

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

separation: the act of dividing or disconnecting
segmentation: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

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

separation (noun)	segmentation (noun)
the social act of separating or parting company	the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
the act of dividing or disconnecting	(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
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

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