Sharing vs. Share — What's the Difference?

Sharing is the joint use of a resource or space. It is also the process of dividing and distributing.

A part or portion belonging to, distributed to, contributed by, or owed by a person or group

A part or portion belonging to, distributed to, contributed by, or owed by a person or group

An equitable portion

An equitable portion

One of the equal parts into which the capital stock of a company is divided

One of the equal parts into which the capital stock of a company is divided

A unit of ownership in a mutual fund or other investment vehicle

A unit of ownership in a mutual fund or other investment vehicle

Shares Chiefly British Stocks

Shares Chiefly British Stocks

A plowshare.

To accord a share in (something) to another or others

To accord a share in (something) to another or others

To divide and parcel out in shares; apportion

To divide and parcel out in shares; apportion

To participate in, use, enjoy, or experience jointly or in turns

To participate in, use, enjoy, or experience jointly or in turns

To hold or have jointly with another or others

To hold or have jointly with another or others

To relate (a secret or experience, for example) to another or others.

To relate (a secret or experience, for example) to another or others.

(Computers) To make (a digital file) accessible to other users on a network, as for copying and downloading.

(Computers) To make (a digital file) accessible to other users on a network, as for copying and downloading.

To have a share or part

To have a share or part

To allow someone to use or enjoy something that one possesses

To allow someone to use or enjoy something that one possesses

To use or enjoy something jointly or in turns

To use or enjoy something jointly or in turns

To talk about personal experiences or feelings with others.

To talk about personal experiences or feelings with others.

Something shared; a point in common.

A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.

Present participle of share

(finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.

Having in common;

(computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.

Using or enjoying something jointly with others

(social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.

Sharing thoughts and feelings

(anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.

A distribution in shares

(agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.

Sharing equally with another or others

To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.

Unselfishly willing to share with others;

To have or use in common.

To divide and distribute.

To tell to another.

To allow public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.

A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.

Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

The pubes; the sharebone.

To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.

Any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate;

Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;

The result of parcelling out or sharing;

Any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor;

A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

Have in common;

Use jointly or in common

Have, give, or receive a share of;

Give out as one's portion or share

Communicate;