Difference between Part and Depart

What is the difference between Part and Depart?

Part as a verb is to leave. while Depart as a verb is to leave; to set out on a journey.

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: Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

Depart

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To leave; to set out on a journey.To die.To deviate (from).To go away from; to leave.To divide up; to distribute, share.To separate, part.

Example sentence: When the government is handed over to the Iraqi Council on 30 June, many have declared, oh, the Americans must never leave because civil unrest may erupt. Well, I agree, we cannot abruptly depart, but Iraq needs to step up to the plate on 30 June.

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

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