Dividing vs. Divisive

Dividingadjective

Serving to divide or separate.

‘We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.’;

Divisiveadjective

Having a quality that divides or separates

‘Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive.’;

Dividingnoun

An act of division.

Divisiveadjective

Indicating division or distribution.

Dividingadjective

That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.

Divisiveadjective

Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.

‘It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity.’;

Dividingadjective

serving to divide or marking a division;

‘the divisional line between two states’;

Divisiveadjective

dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

Dividingadjective

serving simply to separate or partition;

‘a dividing partition’;

Divisiveadjective

tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people

‘the highly divisive issue of abortion’;