division vs conception

conception vs division

division and conception both are nouns.

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

As nouns, conception is a hypernym of division; that is, conception is a word with a broader meaning than division:

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

Other hypernyms of division include concept, construct.

division (noun)	conception (noun)
the act or process of dividing	the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed	an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart	the creation of something in the mind
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole	the event that occurred at the beginning of something
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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