if two things are thousands of miles apart then those two things are separate from each other
another_way_to_say_separates_things is divides_objects. separated_thing is divided_thing. there_distance is every_relationship. distance is one_dimensional_quantity. all_things has opposite things is often_not. pair_of_things is two_things. moving_things is not_at_rest. opposites is two_things. variety is difference.