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Divided vs Partible - What's the difference?

divided | partible |

As adjectives the difference between divided and partible

is that divided is separated or split into pieces while partible is divisible, able to be divided or partitioned.

As a verb divided

is (divide).

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

    partible

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Divisible, able to be divided or partitioned.
  • Pertaining to property that can be divided between heirs on inheritance, or to an inheritance system based on such division.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 562:
  • *:Following the introduction of partible inheritance in 1793, peasants reacted by using systematic birth control for the first time so as to restrict the number of heirs among whom their property would have to be divided – causing a sharp and enduring drop in France's birth-rate.