conception vs division

division vs conception

conception and division both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conception	Yes	No	No	No
division	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, division is a hyponym of conception; that is, division is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than conception:

conception: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
division: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

Other hyponyms of conception include conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization, notion, category, regulation, rule, attribute, dimension, property, abstract, abstraction, quantity, part, section, whole, law, natural law, law, law of nature, lexicalized concept, hypothesis, possibility, theory, fact, linguistic rule, rule, adiaphoron, hypostatic union.

conception (noun)	division (noun)
the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon	the act or process of dividing
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances	an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
the creation of something in the mind	the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
the event that occurred at the beginning of something	one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
	discord that splits a group
	an army unit large enough to sustain combat
	a group of ships of similar type
	a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings
	an administrative unit in government or business
	(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
	(biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
	a league ranked by quality

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