seperate divide区别

seperate是分开的意思，可以指人分开，或物分开，无论距离远近；
divide有分开的意思，但更多的倾向于表达分割，割离、一分为二

seperate如果考到一般是指人，作不及物动词。
要了解这两个词的细微差别可以从词汇学来分析
举两个例子
seperate转化成词根就是part.departure分离
individual=in(不，不可）＋divide（分）＋ual(词性后缀）：个人（社会的最基本单位，不可再分的）

Separate applies both to putting apart and to keeping apart
Separate 意指放置为相隔的和保持相隔的：
例句：“In the darkness and confusion, the bands of these commanders became separated from each other” (Washington Irving).
“在黑夜或混乱中，那帮指挥者互相分离” （华盛顿·欧文）。
The Pyrenees separate France and Spain.
比利牛斯将法国和西班牙分开。
The child's parents have separated.
这孩子的父母已经分居了。

Divide implies separation by or as if by cutting, splitting, or branching into parts, portions, or shares; the term is often used to refer to separation into opposing or hostile groups:
Divide 暗示通过或好象通过切开、劈开或分割形成几部分、几份额或几份来分离；这个词经常用来指分离成相对的或敌对的组：
例句：We divided the orange into segments.
我们将橘子分成几部分。
“[The rich] divide with the