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Disunite vs Withdraw - What's the difference?

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Disunite is a related term of withdraw.


In lang=en terms the difference between disunite and withdraw

is that disunite is to disintegrate; to come apart while withdraw is to be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

As verbs the difference between disunite and withdraw

is that disunite is to cause disagreement or alienation among or within while withdraw is to pull (something) back, aside, or away.

disunite

English

Verb

  • To cause disagreement or alienation among or within.
  • * 1516 , , Utopia , "Of Their Military Discipline":
  • If they cannot disunite them by domestic broils, then they engage their neighbours against them.
  • * 1863 , , Hard Cash , ch. 44:
  • Secrets disunite a family.
  • To separate, sever, or split.
  • * 1899 , , Jennie Baxter, Journalist , ch. 16:
  • I have discovered how to disunite that force and that particle.
  • To disintegrate; to come apart.
  • * 1843 , , A Blot In The 'Scutcheon , Act I:
  • You cannot bind me more to you, my lord.
    Farewell till we renew... I trust, renew
    A converse ne'er to disunite again.

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    withdraw

    English

    Verb

  • To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
  • * Hooker
  • Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.
  • To take back (a comment, etc).
  • to withdraw false charges
  • To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
  • To extract (money from an account).
  • To retreat.
  • To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.
  • * 1994 , (Edward St Aubyn), Bad News , Picador 2006, p. 201:
  • Simon had tried to rob a bank while he was withdrawing , but he had been forced to surrender to the police after they had fired several volleys at him.