Dividing vs Divining - What's the difference?
dividing | divining |
Serving to divide or separate.
An act of division.
* 1840 , Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
The action of the verb to divine in any sense.
* 1857 , Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave (page 347)
That or who divines (in any sense of the verb ).
As adjectives the difference between dividing and divining
is that dividing is serving to divide or separate while divining is that or who divines (in any sense of the verb).As verbs the difference between dividing and divining
is that dividing is present participle of lang=en while divining is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between dividing and divining
is that dividing is an act of division while divining is the action of the verb to divine in any sense.dividing
English
Adjective
(-)- 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)- Hence the noun also means dividing'', or portion as that which is ''divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.
divining
English
(en)Noun
- We took a long stroll through the lamp-lit streets, talking of the blessed hopes that struggled in our bosoms; of the faint divinings of the future; told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.
