What's the difference between apart and disunite?

Apart


Definition:

  • (adv.) Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
  • (adv.) In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.
  • (adv.) Aside; away.
  • (adv.) In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Angiopathic and traumatic influences conditioned by metabolism, apart from local peculiarities are taken into consideration.
  • (2) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
  • (3) Apart from their pathogenic significance, these results may have some interest for the clinical investigation of patients with joint diseases.
  • (4) Each subject received, on 2 separate days 1 week apart, an intravenous injection of either placebo or urapidil (25 or, if necessary, 50 mg).
  • (5) Many Cornish people believe the far south-west of England is a nation apart from the rest of Britain.
  • (6) The three-year-old comes into the kitchen for a drink, and as Steve opens the fridge, I can see it contains nothing apart from a half-full bottle of milk.
  • (7) We continue to work closely with Pacific partner countries and regional organisations to build resilience and manage the impacts of climate change on economic development.” Aluka Rakin, director of Youth to Youth in Health in Majuro, said the organisation’s clinic is falling apart.
  • (8) At discharge, 58% were living with their families, 23% were living in group homes, 12% were in supervised apartments and 5% were in an alternative rehabilitation centre.
  • (9) It is the combination of his company's pan-African and industrialist vision – reminiscent of the aspirations of African independence pioneers like Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah – and its relentless financial growth that has set Dangote apart.
  • (10) The residual values were positively correlated in parent-offspring pairs and among sibs, both those presumed to be living together and those presumed to be living apart.
  • (11) I personally felt grateful that British TV set itself apart from its international rivals in this way, not afraid to challenge, to stretch the mind and imagination.
  • (12) One may speculate whether clinical conditions exist--apart from hereditary retinal dystrophies--in which the retina becomes more sensitive to light from strong artificial or natural sources, which are otherwise innoxious.
  • (13) In recent years, apart from these well known risks, the immuno-suppressive effect of blood transfusions has been observed and thereby the possible adverse influence on the prognosis in cases of malignant disease.
  • (14) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
  • (15) Far from securing the regime change they were seeking, the creditors now find that Syriza is being supported by all Greek political parties apart from the communists and the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn.
  • (16) They were placed less than 5 m apart, and estimation of the pollen amount was made on a day-to-day basis during the pollen seasons, and on a weekly basis outside the seasons.
  • (17) Apart from the interposition of the colon between the liver and the diaphragm, no other pathological changes were found.
  • (18) I had to beg to stay in the apartment I was living in at the time for another night.
  • (19) There were no major differences in blood composition, apart from increases in blood urea N, as a result of N fertilization.
  • (20) cDNA was prepared by reverse transcription of peripheral blood mRNA and amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using primers corresponding to sequences 400 bp apart on the cDNA, spanning the last three exons (X, Y, Z) of the beta-Sp gene.

Disunite


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.
  • (v. t.) To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.
  • (v. i.) To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "You get no respect from white folk by being disunited," he wrote.
  • (2) In addition, the data confirm a classic observation: in comparison with intact families, disunited families are underprivileged in relation to living conditions, deficient in relation to psychosocial functioning, and propitious to behaviour problems and delinquent activity.
  • (3) We have had headlines in the papers, including those more friendly to us, talking of ‘Great Cabinet Shambles – open war between ministers’: ‘A major political mess and comment which has been no less damaging’ … There’s probably no paper which has been a more loyal supporter of this government than the Sunday Telegraph and it spoke last Sunday of a ‘National scandal - not since the chaos which preceded George Brown’s resignation from Harold Wilson’s cabinet has a British government looked so pitifully disunited.’ The affair has brought ‘ridicule on the government at home and abroad’.
  • (4) In the days when Britannia ruled the waves, the British political tradition was to keep Europe down by keeping it disunited.
  • (5) The mucus gel is formed by very large and structurally complex glycoproteins perfected by evolution to tease and disunite the scientists engaged in unravelling their secrets.
  • (6) Disunited parties are parties that the public worry about and I understand that, that’s why we are going to go forward as a united party.” The Labour leader added: “We are not going to look inwards as a party because, frankly, it would be unforgivable.
  • (7) The continued speculation and uncertainty is allowing our opponents to portray us as dispirited and disunited.
  • (8) But in his attempt to disunite Europe, I believe that Putin can very well instrumentalise the lack of political stability and economic prosperity ... they see the Balkans as a place where they can use their power to disrupt.” As Putin goes to Budapest for what has become a rare experience – being welcomed by a friendly EU government – the turbine engineer in Paks is aware of the contradiction, but is not bothered by it.
  • (9) Philip Hammond, the defence secretary, then used the same word to warn of the dangers of a disunited parliament.
  • (10) Sir Alec did not appear to be a candidate at all, but he emerged because he disunited the party less than any of the others.
  • (11) As long as such narrow thinking persists, the health and care system is doomed to remain disunited – and to fail.
  • (12) With the desperately polluted wastelands of industrial north Bohemia to hand and at heart, he challenged the dangerous – and further west, then politically unchallengeable – myth of eternal growth, reminding the west of the dangers of a Europe that continued to be divided, not now by the iron curtain, but between a closed camp jealously guarding its vulnerable prosperity and a group of poor, disunited and less stable countries outside the gates: "One half of a room cannot remain forever warm while the other half is cold."
  • (13) I predict that this judgement and the passage of the Bill through Parliament will exceed everything that we have seen to date on the issue and the United Kingdom will merely become even more "Disunited".
  • (14) In addition, it has been established that certain disunited family types represent a considerable risk factor.
  • (15) Whatever views people have, I think people appreciate that the way I run my party is on the basis of a unified party, not a disunited party, and a party that doesn't engage in all those practices of the past."
  • (16) By changing the orientation of hospital-based social work from "disabled family member as burden" to "family unit as an ongoing system," the authors have succeeded in helping dysfunctional, disunited families become functional family systems.
  • (17) Kezia Dugdale: Corbyn win could leave Labour 'carping on sidelines' Read more “The test for Scottish Labour will be in whether we can offer something sufficiently in tune with the thinking of ordinary Scots where they will see a difference in their lives and living standards.” Another old friend, Iain Macwhirter, a journalist, broadcaster and author of Disunited Kingdom about the referendum and the forthcoming Tsunami: Scotland’s Democratic Revolution about the SNP’s landslide in May, said: “Corbyn is the huge black swan that has swum into the constitutional debate.
  • (18) Arriving at the meeting, Luxembourg’s prime minister, Xavier Bettel, reflected the tone of the day, saying: “We have more need than ever for a united union rather than a disunited kingdom.” But Ireland’s taoiseach, Enda Kenny, tried to help: he delivered Sturgeon’s message, that Scotland hoped to remain an EU member, to leaders on Tuesday, the first day of the summit.
  • (19) In October 2011, Fox said, he was made “acutely aware” by Mustafa Jalil, the chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council, of how disunited the militias had become.
  • (20) Miliband will say in a speech at London University: “There is a saying which goes: what does not kill you makes you stronger.” The remarks mark a shift from Miliband’s position last week when he rubbished the suggestion that he was facing dissent by declaring: “I don’t accept that this matter arises.” In a BBC interview Miliband acknowledged that he did face opposition when he warned that disunited parties were always punished by the electorate and said it would “unforgivable” for Labour to turn in on itself.