dichotomy vs divorce

dichotomy

noun
  • A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division. 

  • The division of a genus into two species; a division into two subordinate parts. 

  • A phase of the moon when it appears half lit and half dark, as at the quadratures. 

  • Such a division involving apparently incompatible or opposite principles; a duality. 

  • The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white. 

  • Division and subdivision; bifurcation, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; often successive. 

divorce

noun
  • A separation of connected things. 

  • The legal dissolution of a marriage. 

  • The separation of a bonded pair of animals. 

verb
  • To legally dissolve a marriage between two people. 

  • To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way. 

  • To separate something that was connected. 

  • To obtain a legal divorce. 

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