segregate vs separate

segregate

verb
  • To separate, especially by social policies that directly or indirectly keep races or ethnic groups apart. 

adj
  • Separated from others of the same kind. 

  • Separate from a mass and collected together along lines of fraction. 

  • Separate; select. 

separate

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

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

  • To divide (a thing) into separate parts. 

  • To divide itself into separate pieces or substances. 

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. 

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

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

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