Difference between Divide and Part

What is the difference between Divide and Part?

Divide as a verb is to split or separate (something) into two or more parts. while Part as a verb is partly, partially, fractionally.

Divide

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To split or separate (something) into two or more parts. To share (something) by dividing it. To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend). To separate into two or more parts. Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A thing that divides. An act of dividing. A distancing between two people or things.

Example sentence: There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring. In the tactical area, I think I just have more than most other players.

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: For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

We hope you now know whether to use Divide or Part in your sentence.

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