Bisect vs. Dissect

Bisectverb

(transitive) To cut or divide into two parts.

Dissectverb

(transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

Bisectverb

To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.

Dissectverb

(transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

Bisectnoun

(geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.

Dissectverb

(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.

Bisectnoun

(philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.

Dissectverb

To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

Bisectverb

To cut or divide into two parts.

Dissectverb

Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Bisectverb

To divide into two equal parts.

Dissectverb

To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

Bisectverb

cut in half or cut in two;

‘bisect a line’;

Dissectverb

To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.

‘This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample.’;

Dissectverb

cut open or cut apart;

‘dissect the bodies for analysis’;

Dissectverb

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;

‘analyze a specimen’; ‘analyze a sentence’; ‘analyze a chemical compound’;