Parting vs Farewell - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between parting and farewell

is that parting is the act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation while farewell is a wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu.

As verbs the difference between parting and farewell

is that parting is present participle of lang=en while farewell is to bid farewell or say goodbye.

As an adjective farewell is

parting, valedictory, final.

As an interjection farewell is

goodbye.

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

* *

farewell

English

Noun

(en noun)

A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.

An act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

And takes her farewell of the glorious sun.

* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

Before I take my farewell of the subject.

Adjective

(-)

Parting, valedictory, final.

*:“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.

Interjection

(en interjection)

goodbye

He said "Farewell !" and left.

* Milton

So farewell' hope, and with hope, ' farewell fear.

Verb

(en verb)

To bid farewell or say goodbye

* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 9, author=Neil Wilson and staff writers, title=Tributes for newsman Brian Naylor and wife, killed in fires, work=Herald Sun citation

, passage=He farewelled viewers with a warm sign-off after each bulletin: "May your news be good news, and goodnight." }}