Difference between Part and Split

What is the difference between Part and Split?

Part as an adjective is fractional, partial. while Split as an adjective is having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.

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: You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.

Split

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The acrobatic feat of spreading the legs flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind.A split-finger fastball.A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth.A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.The elapsed time at specific intermediate point(s) in a race.(construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.To share; to divide.To leave.to separate or break up.

Example sentence: In 1985, I was the host of a talk show, 'Hot Properties on Lifetime.' Hulk Hogan was on the show. He put me in a headlock and rendered me unconscious and let me fall to the ground. I split my head open and got nine stitches - and this was on live TV.

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

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