Difference between Part and Separate

What is the difference between Part and Separate?

Part as an adjective is fractional, partial. while Separate as an adjective is apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).

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: Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.

Separate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).Not together (with); not united (to).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To divide (a thing) into separate parts.To cause (things or people) to be separate.To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.

Example sentence: The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.

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

Also read

Popular Articles