Divide vs. Partition

Divideverb

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

Divideverb

(transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.

Divideverb

To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).

Divideverb

To be a divisor of.

Divideverb

(intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.

Divideverb

Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.

Divideverb

To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

Divideverb

(obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.

Divideverb

(obsolete) To have a share; to partake.

Divideverb

To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.

Divideverb

To mark divisions on; to graduate.

Divideverb

(music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

Dividenoun

A thing that divides.

Dividenoun

An act of dividing.

Dividenoun

A distancing between two people or things.

Dividenoun

(geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.

Divideverb

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

Divideverb

To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns.

Divideverb

To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share.

Divideverb

To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

Divideverb

To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.

Divideverb

To subject to arithmetical division.

Divideverb

To separate into species; - said of a genus or generic term.

Divideverb

To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.

Divideverb

To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

Divideverb

To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.

Divideverb

To cause separation; to disunite.

Divideverb

To break friendship; to fall out.

Divideverb

To have a share; to partake.

Divideverb

To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.

Dividenoun

A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called watershed and water parting. A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a continental divide.

Dividenoun

a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

Dividenoun

a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

Divideverb

separate into parts or portions;

Divideverb

perform a division;

Divideverb

act as a barrier between; stand between;

Divideverb

come apart;

Divideverb

make a division or separation

Divideverb

force, take, or pull apart;

Divideverb

separate or be separated into parts

Divideverb

separate (something) into portions and share out among a number of people

Divideverb

allocate (different parts of one's time or efforts) to different activities or places

Divideverb

form a boundary between (two people or things)

Divideverb

(of a legislative assembly) separate or be separated into two groups for voting

Divideverb

disagree or cause to disagree

Divideverb

find how many times (a number) contains another

Divideverb

(of a number) be susceptible of division without a remainder

Divideverb

find how many times (a number) is contained in another

Divideverb

(of a number) be contained in a number without a remainder

Dividenoun

a difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension

Dividenoun

a boundary between two things

Dividenoun

a ridge or line of high ground forming the division between two valleys or river systems.

Partitionnoun

An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.

Partitionnoun

A part of something that has been divided.

Partitionnoun

(math) An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as in quotition) how many parts there are.

Partitionnoun

The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.

Partitionnoun

A vertical structure that divides a room.

Partitionnoun

That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.

Partitionnoun

A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.

Partitionnoun

(legal) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.

Partitionnoun

(computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.

Partitionnoun

(databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.

Partitionnoun

(set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).

Partitionnoun

(music) A musical score.

Partitionverb

To divide something into parts, sections or shares

Partitionverb

To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status

Partitionverb

To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off

Partitionnoun

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

Partitionnoun

That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, a compartment of a room, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions; cubicles with four-foot high partitions.

Partitionnoun

A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.

Partitionnoun

The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.

Partitionnoun

A score.

Partitionverb

To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs.

Partitionverb

To divide into distinct parts by lines, walls, etc.; as, to partition a house.

Partitionnoun

a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

Partitionnoun

the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Partitionnoun

(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

Partitionverb

divide into parts, pieces, or sections;

Partitionverb

separate or apportion into sections;