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Divisive vs Dividing - What's the difference?

divisive | dividing |

As adjectives the difference between divisive and dividing

is that divisive is having a quality that divides or separates while dividing is serving to divide or separate.

As a verb dividing is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun dividing is

an act of division.

divisive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a quality that divides or separates
    • Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive .

    Antonyms

    * combinative

    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.