Moiety vs Submoiety - What's the difference?
moiety | submoiety |
Half.
* 1828 , “The Zoological Society”, in T. Crofton Croker (editor), The Christmas Box :
*:: With his better moiety ,
*:: Ological Society.
A share or portion.
(chemistry) A specific segment of a molecule.
(anthropology) Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
* William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra :
As nouns the difference between moiety and submoiety
is that moiety is half while submoiety is a subset of a moiety.moiety
English
(wikipedia moiety)Noun
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- Aniline has both a phenyl and an amino moiety .
- The death of Antony
- Is not a single doom; in the name lay
- A moiety of the world.