Wall vs Partition - What's the difference?
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A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
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A point of defeat or extinction.
An impediment to free movement.
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A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera ).
A barrier.
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A barrier to vision.
Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
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A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
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(lb) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a chandelier.
(lb) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
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To enclose with a wall
To enclose by surrounding with walls.
To separate with a wall
To seal with a wall
An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
* Shakespeare
A part of something that has been divided.
The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
A vertical structure that divides a room.
That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.
* Dryden
A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
* Milton
(legal) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
(computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
(databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.
(set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
(music) A musical score.
To divide something into parts, sections or shares
To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status
To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off
As nouns the difference between wall and partition
is that wall is a rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes while partition is an action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.As verbs the difference between wall and partition
is that wall is to enclose with a wall while partition is to divide something into parts, sections or shares.As a proper noun Wall
is {{surname|lang=en}.wall
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall . Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}
Blackburn 2-0 West Brom, passage=Blackburn were the recipients of another dose of fortune when from another Thomas pass Odemwingie was brought down by Jones inside the penalty area, but referee Mark Clattenburg awarded a free-kick which Chris Brunt slammed into the wall .}}
Synonyms
* (fictional bidder at an auction) chandelierVerb
(en verb)- He walled the study with books.
- They had walled in the garden
- The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
- They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.
Derived terms
* abdominal wall * bounce off the walls * blue wall of silence * brick wall * cell wall * climb the walls * diaphragm wall * drywall * firewall * hole-in-the-wall * paywall * retaining wall * stonewall, stone wall * up the walls * wall clock * wall fan * wall in * wall off * wall of silence * wallpaper * walls have ears * wall up * wall unitEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . See also (l).Etymology 3
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) *.Etymology 4
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English
(wikipedia partition)Noun
(en noun)- And good from bad find no partition .
- ''Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening trough parcellation and civil wars between the heirs
- a brick partition'''; lath and plaster '''partitions
- No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.
- Lodged in a small partition .
