Parting vs Allocation - What's the difference?

Parting is a related term of allocation.

As nouns the difference between parting and allocation

is that parting is the act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation while allocation is the process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

As a verb parting

is .

parting

English

Noun

(en noun)

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.

* Bible, Ezekiel xxi. 21

The parting of the way.

A farewell, the act of departing politely.

* Byron

And there were sudden partings ,such as press / The life from out young hearts.

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.

(British) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US )

(founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.

(chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.

(geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.

(nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.

(mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(head)

Derived terms

* parting shot

Anagrams

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allocation

English

Noun

(en noun)

The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Derived terms

* allocational

Anagrams

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