separation vs partition

partition vs separation

separation and partition both are nouns.

separation is not a verb while partition is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
separation	Yes	No	No	No
partition	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

separation: the act of dividing or disconnecting
partition: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Other hyponyms of separation include avulsion, dissociation, secession, withdrawal, disunion, disconnection, disjunction, division, detachment, disengagement, tear, remotion, removal, division, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation, divergence, divergency, withdrawal.

separation (noun)	partition (noun)
the social act of separating or parting company	the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
the act of dividing or disconnecting	a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)	(anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
sorting one thing from others	(computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
the distance between things
coming apart
the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
the space where a division or parting occurs
the state of lacking unity

separation (verb)	partition (verb)
	separate or apportion into sections
	divide into parts, pieces, or sections

Difference between separation and partition

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