Difference between Separates and Apart

SEPARATES vs APART: NOUN

A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments
Plural form of separate.
A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
Not taken into account or excluded from consideration
Into parts or pieces
One from the other
Away from another or others
At a distance in place, position, or time.
In or into parts or pieces.
One from another.
Aside or in reserve, as for a separate use or purpose.
Separated or at a distance in place or position or time
In two or more parts; asunder; to piece.
As a distinct item or entity.
So as to except or exclude from consideration; aside.
Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently.
Aside; away.

To put apart; set aside.
To depart from; quit.
In part; partly.
To or at one side; aside; separately; by itself; in distinction (from); independently (of); adjectively, separate. In place, motion, or position.
In pieces, or to pieces; asunder: as, to take a watch apart.
Absolutely: as, jesting apart, what do you think of it?
In thought; in mental analysis: as, to consider one statement apart from others; apart from a slight error, the answer is right.
In purpose, use, character, etc.: as, to set apart, or lay apart, for a special purpose.

Distinguish, Freestanding, Disjoint, Single, Segregated, Differentiate, Divide, Apart, Isolated, Individual, Unconnected, Discrete, Split, Divided, Distinct

Distance, Sundered, Out, Down, Off, Together, Away, Obscure, Divided, Isolated, Unconnected, Separate, Separated, Aside, Asunder

Distinguish, Freestanding, Disjoint, Single, Segregated, Differentiate, Divide, Apart, Isolated, Individual, Unconnected, Discrete, Split, Divided, Distinct

Beyond, Distance, Sundered, Out, Down, Off, Together, Away, Obscure, Divided, Isolated, Unconnected, Separate, Separated, Aside

Connecticut River that separates Vermont and New Hampshire.
The definition separates tragedy from other poetic forms.
The auto diff separates bands and immature granulocytes.
Stratification separates a body of water into layers.
Text argument separates continued endnotes from the document.
The aortic valve separates the left ventricle from the aorta, while the pulmonary valve separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery.
The Atlantic separates North America from Europe and the Pacific separates North American from Asia.
The first division, meiosis I, separates homologous chromosomes, and the second division, meiosis II, separates chromatids.
The wall partly separates Palestinians from Israelis but in many places it separates Palestinians from Palestinians.
BAR LINE Separates measures DOUBLE BAR LINE Separates parts within a piece of music.