ingredient vs division

division vs ingredient

ingredient and division both are nouns.

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

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

ingredient: an abstract part of something
division: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

Other hypernyms of ingredient include part, section.

ingredient (noun)	division (noun)
a component of a mixture or compound	the act or process of dividing
an abstract part of something	an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
food that is a component of a mixture in cooking	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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