Difference between Split and Separate

What is the difference between Split and Separate?

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

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: Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.

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: When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence.

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

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