edit vs separate

edit

verb
  • To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene. 

  • To change the contents of a file, website, etc. 

  • To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video. 

  • To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing. 

  • To lend itself to editing in a certain way. 

  • To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage. 

  • To be the editor of a publication. 

  • To change a text, or a document. 

noun
  • A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software. 

  • An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing. 

  • An interruption or change to an improvised scene. 

  • An edited piece of media, especially video footage. 

  • A change to the text of a document. 

separate

verb
  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts. 

  • To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. 

  • To cause (things or people) to be separate. 

  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. 

adj
  • Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). 

  • Not together (with); not united (to). 

noun
  • A printing of an article from a periodical as its own distinct publication and distributed independently, often with different page numbers. 

  • Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants. 

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