separation vs sequence

separation

noun
  • The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated. 

  • Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely. 

  • An agreement legalizing such an arrangement. 

  • An object that separates two spaces. 

  • The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another. 

  • The place at which a division occurs. 

  • An interval, gap or space that separates things or people. 

  • The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married. 

sequence

noun
  • The state of being sequent or following; order of succession. 

  • An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers. 

  • A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc. 

  • A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony). 

  • A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services. 

  • A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series 

  • A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts. 

verb
  • to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid 

  • to produce (music) with a sequencer 

  • to arrange in an order 

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