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Severance vs Splitting - What's the difference?

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Severance is a related term of splitting.


As nouns the difference between severance and splitting

is that severance is the act of severing or the state of being severed while splitting is an instance where something.

As an adjective splitting is

resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.

As a verb splitting is

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severance

English

Alternative forms

* severaunce

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of severing or the state of being severed.
  • A separation.
  • A severance payment.

    • Synonyms

    * (separation) separation * (severance payment) severance payment, severance pay

    splitting

    English

    (wikipedia splitting)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance where something .
  • (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
  • * 2007 , Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche , Penguin 2008, p. 308:
    • In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting ’.
  • (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
  • Severe.
    • I have a splitting headache.

    Verb

    (head)