Difference between Torn and Divided

What is the difference between Torn and Divided?

Torn as a verb is (rip, rend, speed). while Divided as a verb is to split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

Torn

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (rip, rend, speed).

Example sentence: To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Divided

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: separated or split into pieceshaving conflicting interests or emotionsdisunited(of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

Example sentence: As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.

We hope you now know whether to use Torn or Divided in your sentence.

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