Partial vs. Impartial — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Partial and Impartial
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Partial
Of, relating to, being, or affecting only a part; not total; incomplete
The plan calls for partial deployment of missiles. The police have only a partial description of the suspect.
Impartial
Treating all rivals or disputants equally
The minister cannot be impartial in the way that a judge would be
Partial
Favoring one person or side over another or others; biased or prejudiced
A decision that was partial to the plaintiff.
Impartial
Not partial or biased; unprejudiced.
Partial
Having a particular liking or fondness for something or someone
Partial to spicy food.
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Impartial
Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased
Partial
(Mathematics) Of or being operations or sequences of operations, such as differentiation and integration, when applied to only one of several variables at a time.
Impartial
Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.
Jove is impartial, and to both the same.
A comprehensive and impartial view.
Partial
(Music) See harmonic.
Impartial
Showing lack of favoritism;
The cold neutrality of an impartial judge
Partial
(Mathematics) A partial derivative.
Impartial
Free from undue bias or preconceived opinions;
An unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons
The impartial eye of a scientist
Partial
Existing as a part or portion; incomplete
So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.
Partial
(computer science) describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates
It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.
Partial
Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute
The referee is blatantly partial!
God is not partial; he does not play favorites.
Partial
(followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something
Partial
(mathematics) of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential
Partial
(botany) subordinate
Partial
(mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
Partial
(music) Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
Partial
(dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
Partial
(forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
Partial
A fragment of a template containing markup.
Partial
(bodybuilding) The condition of not exhausting the amplitude during the repetition of an exercise.
Partial
To take the partial regression coefficient.
Partial
Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.
Partial
Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; biased; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.
Ye have been partial in the law.
Partial
Having a predilection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.
Not partial to an ostentatious display.
Partial
Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.
Partial
The derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant
Partial
A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
Partial
Being or affecting only a part; not total;
A partial description of the suspect
Partial collapse
A partial eclipse
A partial monopoly
Partial immunity
Partial
Showing favoritism
Partial
(followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for;
Fond of chocolate
Partial to horror movies
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