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quartering vs division

division vs quartering

quartering and division both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
quartering Yes No No No
division Yes No No No
As nouns, division is a hypernym of quartering; that is, division is a word with a broader meaning than quartering:
  • quartering: dividing into four equal parts
  • division: the act or process of dividing
quartering (noun) division (noun)
dividing into four equal parts the act or process of dividing
living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed
a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages 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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