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Dividing vs Separation - What's the difference?

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Dividing is a related term of separation.


As nouns the difference between dividing and separation

is that dividing is an act of division while separation is separation.

As an adjective dividing

is serving to divide or separate.

As a verb dividing

is .

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.

    separation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
  • The place at which a division occurs.
  • An interval, gap or space that separates things.
  • (legal) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
  • (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
  • Antonyms

    * (act of disuniting two or more things) annexation, combination, unification

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