Bisect vs. Dissect

Bisectverb

(transitive) To cut or divide into two parts.

Bisectverb

To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.

Bisectnoun

(geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.

Bisectnoun

(philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.

Bisectverb

To cut or divide into two parts.

Bisectverb

To divide into two equal parts.

Bisectverb

cut in half or cut in two;

Dissectverb

(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

Dissectverb

(transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

Dissectverb

(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.

Dissectverb

To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

Dissectverb

Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Dissectverb

To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

Dissectverb

To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.

Dissectverb

cut open or cut apart;

Dissectverb

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;