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Splinting vs Splitting - What's the difference?

splinting | splitting |

As verbs the difference between splinting and splitting

is that splinting is while splitting is .

As a noun splitting is

an instance where something.

As an adjective splitting is

resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.

splinting

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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)