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dissension vs division

division vs dissension

dissension and division both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dissension Yes No No No
division Yes No No No
As nouns, division is a hyponym of dissension; that is, division is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dissension:
  • dissension: disagreement among those expected to cooperate
  • division: discord that splits a group
Other hyponyms of dissension include confrontation, variance.
dissension (noun) division (noun)
disagreement among those expected to cooperate the act or process of dividing
a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
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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