disconnect

(noun, verb)

noun

1. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

- there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy

Similar word(s): disconnection, gulf

Definition categories: attribute, disparity

Sentences with disconnect as a noun:

- There's a disconnect between what they think is happening and what is really going on.

verb

1. pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

Similar word(s): unplug

Definition categories: contact, undo

2. make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

Definition categories: contact, disunite, divide, part, separate