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Divider vs Splitter - What's the difference?

divider | splitter |

As nouns the difference between divider and splitter

is that divider is an object that separates while splitter is splinter.

divider

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An object that separates.
  • A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
  • (British, US) The median of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
  • A person who separates or classifies.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • splitter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or a thing that splits.
  • (colloquial) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.
  • In baseball, a splitfinger fastball (a type of pitch).
  • (graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.

    • Derived terms

    * splitter bus

    Synonyms

    * (GUI) sash

    Antonyms

    * (one who prefers to split categories) lumper

    Anagrams

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