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Divided vs Dividing - What's the difference?

divided | dividing |

As verbs the difference between divided and dividing

is that divided is past tense of divide while dividing is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between divided and dividing

is that divided is separated or split into pieces while dividing is serving to divide or separate.

As a noun dividing is

an act of division.

divided

English

Verb

(head)
  • (divide)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • separated or split into pieces
  • having conflicting interests or emotions
  • disunited
  • (US) (of a road ) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median

    • Antonyms

    * undivided * combined * unified

    dividing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Serving to divide or separate.
    • We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.

    Verb

    (head)
    • Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of division.
  • * 1840 , Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
    • Hence the noun also means dividing'', or portion as that which is ''divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.