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Segregation vs Compartmentalization - What's the difference?

segregation | compartmentalization |

As nouns the difference between segregation and compartmentalization

is that segregation is the setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law while compartmentalization is the act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.

segregation

Noun

(en noun)
  • The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.
  • (rfc-sense) (biology) The Mendelian Law of Segregation related to genetic transmission or geographical segregation of various species.
  • (mineralogy) Separation]] from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the [[crystallize, crystallizing process.
  • (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
  • (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
  • Synonyms

    *apartheid

    Derived terms

    * segregationist

    Antonyms

    * desegregation

    Anagrams

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    References

    compartmentalization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * compartmentalisation

    Noun

  • The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.
  • (software) The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable.
  • Antonyms

    * decompartmentalization