Difference between Gone and Departed

What is the difference between Gone and Departed?

Gone as a verb is to move: while Departed as a verb is to leave.

Gone

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move:

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Past, after, later than (a time).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Away, having left. No longer existing, having passed. Used up. intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings

Example sentence: The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

Departed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To leave.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A dead person or persons.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: dead

We hope you now know whether to use Gone or Departed in your sentence.

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