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Split vs Sling - What's the difference?

split | sling |

As a proper noun split

is a port city in croatia.

As a verb sling is

to throw with a circular or arcing motion.

As a noun sling is

(weapon) an instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

split

English

Adjective

(split exact sequence) (-)
  • See (verb).
  • Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 19 , author=Kerry Brown , title=Kim Jong-il obituary , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever.}}
  • (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
  • Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
  • Derived terms

    * split-shot

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A crack or longitudinal fissure.
  • A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
  • A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
  • (leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
  • The acrobatic feat of spreading the legs flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor.
  • (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
  • He’s got a nasty split .
  • (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
  • A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
  • A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th (US) gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth.
  • A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.
  • (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate point(s) in a race.
  • In the 3000m race, his 800m split was 1:45.32
  • (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
  • (gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
  • (music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
  • Verb

  • (ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
  • * (Robert Boyle) (1627-1691)
  • a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water
  • To share; to divide.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. This system splits water molecules and delivers some of their electrons to other molecules that help build up carbohydrates.}}
  • (slang) To leave.
  • to separate or break up.
  • To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The ship splits on the rock.
  • To burst out laughing.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Each had a gravity would make you split .
  • (slang, dated) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
  • (Thackeray)
  • (sports) In athletics (esp. baseball), when both teams involved in a doubleheader each win one game and lose another game.
  • (split)
  • Derived terms

    * side-splitting * split up (verb )

    sling

    English

    Verb

  • To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
  • (Addison)
  • To throw with a sling.
  • * Bible, Judges xx. 16
  • Everyone could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.
  • (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
  • Derived terms

    * undersling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1786, author=Francis Grose, title=A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page=43
  • , passage=The Sling is also a weapon of great antiquity, formerly in high estimation among the ancients.}}
  • A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
  • A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby.
  • A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
  • A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
  • (nautical) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
  • The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
  • * Milton
  • At one sling / Of thy victorious arm, well-pleasing Son.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1600, author=William Shakespeare, title=Hamlet'', Act III, Scene I, line 55
  • , passage=To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them.}}
  • (climbing) A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
  • A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
  • gin sling
    a Singapore sling