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Depart vs. Part — What's the Difference?

Depart vs. Part — What's the Difference?

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Depart

To go away; leave
I depart for the islands at noon.

Part

A portion, division, piece, or segment of a whole.

Depart

To die.

Part

Any of several equal portions or fractions that can constitute a whole or into which a whole can be divided
A mixture of two parts flour to one part sugar.

Depart

To vary, as from a regular course; deviate
Depart from custom.
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Part

A division of a book or artistic work such as a film
A novel in three parts.

Depart

To go away from; leave
"I departed the oppressive building quickly ... without a backward glance" (Joyce Carol Oates).

Part

An organ, member, or other division of an organism
A tail is not a part of a guinea pig.

Depart

(intransitive) To leave.

Part

Parts The external genitals.

Depart

(intransitive) To set out on a journey.

Part

A component that can be separated from or attached to a system; a detachable piece
Spare parts for cars.

Depart

To die.

Part

Often parts A region, area, land, or territory
"Minding your own business is second nature in these parts" (Boston).

Depart

To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.

Part

A role
He has the main part in the play.

Depart

(intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat.
To depart from a title or defence in legal pleading

Part

One's responsibility, duty, or obligation; share
We each do our part to keep the house clean.

Depart

(transitive) To go away from; to leave.

Part

Parts Abilities or talents
A person of many parts.

Depart

To divide up; to distribute, share.

Part

The music or score for a particular instrument, as in an orchestra.

Depart

To separate, part.

Part

One of the melodic divisions or voices of a contrapuntal composition.

Depart

(obsolete) Division; separation, as of compound substances.

Part

The line where the hair on the head is parted.

Depart

(obsolete) A going away; departure.

Part

To cause to move apart; put apart
Parted the curtains.

Depart

To part; to divide; to separate.

Part

To divide into two or more parts; split
The ship's prow parted the waves.

Depart

To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; - opposed to arrive; - often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination.
I will depart to mine own land.
Ere thou from hence depart.
He which hath no stomach to this fight,Let him depart.

Part

To break up the relationship or association of
A dispute over ownership parted the founders of the business.

Depart

To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; - with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading.
If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles.

Part

To comb (hair, for example) away from a dividing line, as on the scalp.

Depart

To pass away; to perish.
The glory is departed from Israel.

Part

To go away from; depart from
He parted this life for a better one.

Depart

To quit this world; to die.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.

Part

(Archaic) To divide into shares or portions.

Depart

To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.
Till death departed them, this life they lead.

Part

To be divided or separated
The curtain parted in the middle.

Depart

To divide in order to share; to apportion.
And here is gold, and that full great plentee,That shall departed been among us three.

Part

To move apart
Her lips parted, and she spoke.

Depart

To leave; to depart from.

Part

To leave one another; take leave
They parted as friends.

Depart

Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.
The chymists have a liquor called water of depart.

Part

To go away from another; depart
She parted from him at college graduation.

Depart

A going away; departure; hence, death.
At my depart for France.
Your loss and his depart.

Part

(Archaic) To die.

Depart

Move away from a place into another direction;
Go away before I start to cry
The train departs at noon

Part

To separate or divide into ways going in different directions
The road parts about halfway into the forest.

Depart

Be at variance with; be out of line with

Part

To disagree or stop associating because of a disagreement
The committee parted over the issue of pay raises for employees.

Depart

Leave;
The family took off for Florida

Part

Partially; in part
Part yellow, part green.

Depart

Go away or leave

Part

Not full or complete; partial
A part owner of the business.

Depart

Remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
She wants to leave
The teenager left home
She left her position with the Red Cross
He left the Senate after two terms
After 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes

Part

A portion; a component.

Depart

Wander from a direct or straight course

Part

A fraction of a whole.
Gaul is divided into three parts.

Part

A distinct element of something larger.
The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.

Part

A group inside a larger group.

Part

Share, especially of a profit.
I want my part of the bounty.

Part

A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.

Part

3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.

Part

A section of a document.
Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.

Part

A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.

Part

A factor.
3 is a part of 12.

Part

(US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.

Part

Duty; responsibility.
To do one’s part

Part

Position or role (especially in a play).
We all have a part to play.

Part

(music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.

Part

Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".

Part

(US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
The part of his hair was slightly to the left.

Part

(Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.

Part

A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

Part

(intransitive) To leave the company of.

Part

To cut hair with a parting; shed.

Part

(transitive) To divide in two.
To part the curtains

Part

(intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
A rope parts.
His hair parts in the middle.

Part

To divide up; to share.

Part

(obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.

Part

To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.

Part

(obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.

Part

To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
To part gold from silver

Part

To leave; to quit.

Part

To leave (an IRC channel).

Part

Fractional; partial.
Fred was part owner of the car.

Part

Partly; partially; fractionally.
Part finished

Part

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
And kept back part of the price, . . . and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles'feet.
Our ideas of extension and number - do they not contain a secret relation of the parts ?
I am a part of all that I have met.

Part

An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.
An homer is the tenth part of an ephah.
A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom,And ever three parts coward.

Part

A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
All the parts were formed . . . into one harmonious body.
The pulse, the glow of every part.

Part

That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
We have no part in David.
Accuse not Nature! she hath done her part;Do thou but thine.
Let me bearMy part of danger with an equal share.

Part

A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; - usually in the plural with a collective sense.
Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them.

Part

One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
For he that is not against us is on our part.
Make whole kingdoms take her brother's part.

Part

Quarter; region; district; - usually in the plural.
All parts resound with tumults, plaints, and fears.

Part

A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life; as, to play the part of Macbeth. See To act a part, under Act.
That partWas aptly fitted and naturally performed.
It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf.
Honor and shame from no condition rise;Act well your part, there all the honor lies.

Part

Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; - the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.

Part

One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc.

Part

To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
There, [celestial love] parted into rainbow hues.

Part

To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
To part his throne, and share his heaven with thee.
They parted my raiment among them.

Part

To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
The narrow seas that partThe French and English.

Part

To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
The stumbling night did part our weary powers.

Part

To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
The liver minds his own affair, . . .And parts and strains the vital juices.

Part

To leave; to quit.
Since presently your souls must part your bodies.

Part

To separate (a collection of objects) into smaller collections; as, to part one's hair in the middle.

Part

To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.

Part

To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; - often with from.
He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted.
He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before.
His precious bag, which he would by no means part from.

Part

To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; - followed by with or from; as, to part with one's money.
Celia, for thy sake, I partWith all that grew so near my heart.
Powerful hands . . . will not partEasily from possession won with arms.
It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son.

Part

To have a part or share; to partake.

Part

Partly; in a measure.

Part

Something determined in relation to something that includes it;
He wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
I read a portion of the manuscript
The smaller component is hard to reach

Part

The extended spatial location of something;
The farming regions of France
Religions in all parts of the world
Regions of outer space

Part

So far as concerns the actor specified;
It requires vigilance on our part
They resisted every effort on his part

Part

Something less than the whole of a human artifact;
The rear part of the house
Glue the two parts together

Part

One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole;
The written part of the exam
The finance section of the company
The BBC's engineering division

Part

The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;
The function of a teacher
The government must do its part
Play its role

Part

A portion of a natural object;
They analyzed the river into three parts
He needed a piece of granite

Part

An actor's portrayal of someone in a play;
She played the part of Desdemona

Part

Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;
He wanted his share in cash

Part

Any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor;
I am proud of my contribution to the team's success
They all did their share of the work

Part

The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music;
He tried to sing the tenor part

Part

A line where the hair is parted;
His part was right in the middle

Part

Go one's own away; move apart;
The friends separated after the party

Part

Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
The business partners broke over a tax question
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
My friend and I split up

Part

Leave;
The family took off for Florida

Part

Come apart;
The two pieces that we had glued separated

Part

Force, take, or pull apart;
He separated the fighting children
Moses parted the Red Sea

Part

In part; in some degree; not wholly;
I felt partly to blame
He was partially paralyzed

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