Depart vs. Departure

Depart vs. Departure — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Depart and Departure

Departverb

(intransitive) To leave.

Departurenoun

The act of departing or something that has departed.

The departure was scheduled for noon.

Departverb

(intransitive) To set out on a journey.

Departurenoun

A deviation from a plan or procedure.

There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.

Departverb

(intransitive) To die.

Departurenoun

(euphemism) A death.

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Departverb

To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.

Departurenoun

(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.

Departverb

(intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.

His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat.to depart from a title or defence in legal pleading

Departurenoun

(surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.

The area is computed by latitudes and departures.

Departverb

(transitive) To go away from; to leave.

Departurenoun

(legal) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.

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Departverb

To divide up; to distribute, share.

Departurenoun

(obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.

Departverb

To separate, part.

Departurenoun

act of departing

Departnoun

(obsolete) Division; separation, as of compound substances.

Departurenoun

a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

the deviation from the mean

Departnoun

(obsolete) A going away; departure.

Departurenoun

euphemistic expressions for death;

thousands mourned his passing

Departverb

move away from a place into another direction;

Go away before I start to cryThe train departs at noon

Departverb

be at variance with; be out of line with

Departverb

leave;

The family took off for Florida

Departverb

go away or leave

Departverb

remove oneself from an association with or participation in;

She wants to leaveThe teenager left homeShe left her position with the Red CrossHe left the Senate after two termsafter 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes

Departverb

wander from a direct or straight course