Difference between Part and Parting

What is the difference between Part and Parting?

Part as a verb is to leave. while Parting as a verb is to leave the company of.

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.

Parting

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A farewell, the act of departing politely.The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions ; part (US)

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To leave the company of.

Example sentence: There are so many different kinds of motivation for investing or giving or parting with your money in whatever other way, and plain old financial return is obviously attractive. But people are not always rational and are not just looking for that.

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

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