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Separating vs Dividing - What's the difference?

separating | dividing |

As verbs the difference between separating and dividing

is that separating is while dividing is .

As nouns the difference between separating and dividing

is that separating is an instance of separating while dividing is an act of division.

As an adjective dividing is

serving to divide or separate.

separating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of separating.

    • Anagrams

    *

    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.