Department vs. Branch

Departmentnoun

A part, portion, or subdivision.

Departmentnoun

A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.

Departmentnoun

A subdivision of an organization.

Departmentnoun

One of the principal divisions of executive government

Departmentnoun

One of the divisions of instructions

Departmentnoun

A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes. In France, a department is smaller than a region

Departmentnoun

(historical) A military subdivision of a country

Departmentnoun

(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.

Departmentnoun

Act of departing; departure.

Departmentnoun

A part, portion, or subdivision.

Departmentnoun

A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

Departmentnoun

Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics.

Departmentnoun

A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.

Departmentnoun

A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

Departmentnoun

a specialized division of a large organization;

Departmentnoun

the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Departmentnoun

a specialized sphere of knowledge;

Departmentnoun

a division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity

Departmentnoun

an administrative district in France and other countries

Departmentnoun

an area of special expertise or responsibility

Departmentnoun

a specified aspect or quality

Branchnoun

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

Branchnoun

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

Branchnoun

A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.

Branchnoun

(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

Branchnoun

A location of an organization with several locations.

Branchnoun

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

Branchnoun

(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

Branchnoun

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

Branchnoun

(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

Branchnoun

(computer architecture) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

Branchnoun

(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

Branchnoun

(rail transport) A branch line.

Branchverb

(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

Branchverb

(intransitive) To produce branches.

Branchverb

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

Branchverb

To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

Branchnoun

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Branchnoun

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

Branchnoun

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

Branchnoun

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

Branchnoun

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

Branchnoun

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

Branchadjective

Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.

Branchverb

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

Branchverb

To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

Branchverb

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

Branchverb

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

Branchnoun

an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

Branchnoun

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

Branchnoun

a part of a forked or branching shape;

Branchnoun

a natural consequence of development

Branchnoun

a stream or river connected to a larger one

Branchnoun

any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

Branchverb

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;

Branchverb

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

Branchnoun

a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough

Branchnoun

a lateral extension or subdivision extending from the main part of a river, road, railway, etc.

Branchnoun

a division or office of a large business or organization, operating locally or having a particular function

Branchnoun

a conceptual subdivision of a family, subject, group of languages, etc.

Branchverb

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions

Branchverb

diverge from the main route or part

Branchverb

extend or expand one's activities or interests in a new direction

Branchverb

(of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches

Branch

A branch (UK: or UK: , US: ) or tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.