Difference between Component and Part

Component

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Making up a larger whole; as a component word. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

Example sentence: Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly self-important decade of the seventies.

Part

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Partly, partially, fractionally.

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: partially composed of

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Fractional, partial.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To leave.To cut hair with a parting.To divide in two.To be divided in two or separated.To leave (an IRC channel).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A fraction of a whole; a portion.A distinct element or component.A group inside a larger group.Duty; responsibility.Share, especially of a profit.Position or role (especially in a play).A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.A section of a document.The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.

Example sentence: I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.