Difference between Separate and Split

What is the difference between Separate and Split?

Separate as an adjective is apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). while Split as an adjective is having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.

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: Our dreams are a second life. I have never been able to penetrate without a shudder those ivory or horned gates which separate us from the invisible world.

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: There's something so empowering about knowing I can pick up an axe and split a piece of wood.

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

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