Independent
Independent adjective - Able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help.
Separately and independent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Separately" instead an adverb "Independent".
Separately
Separately adverb - Apart from others.
Independent and separately are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Independent" instead an adverb "Separately".
Both words in one sentence
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The newly independent republics of South America saw in the Spanish presence in Peru a threat to their own independence, hence the two main powers, Argentina and Gran Colombia, organized separately and invasion force to the Vice-royalty.
Source: Useful Notes / Peru - Mohg is the Lord of Nightfall and associated with darkness in general, but he was the god of darkness long before he separately became the God of Evil, and it's explicitly stated that darkness has a place in the natural order of things independent of Mohg's corruption.
Source: Literature / The Last Rune
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