Spilt vs. Split — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Spilt and Split
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Spilt
A past tense and a past participle of spill1.
Split
To divide (something) from end to end, into layers, or along the grain
Split the log down the middle.
Spilt
That has been spilled.
Don't cry over spilt milk; tears won't put it back in the glass.
Split
Divided.
Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
Spilt
Simple past tense and past participle of spill
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Split
Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
Split
(of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
Split
Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
Split
Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
Split
(London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
Split
A crack or longitudinal fissure.
Split
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
Split
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
Split
(leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
Split
A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.
Split
(bodybuilding) A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle.
Bro split
Split
A split-finger fastball.
He’s got a nasty split.
Split
(bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
Split
A split shot or split stroke.
Split
A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
Split
A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliters or one quarter of a standard 75-centiliter bottle. Commercially comparable to 20 (US) gallon, which is 2 of a fifth.
Split
A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.
Split
(athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race.
In the 3000 m race, his 800 m split was 1:45.32
Split
(video games) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun.
Split
(construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
Split
(gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
Split
(music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
Split
To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
He has split his lip.
Split
To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
Split
(transitive) To share; to divide.
We split the money among three people.
Split
To leave.
Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
Split
To separate.
Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
Split
(ambitransitive) To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.
Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election.
Split
To factor into linear factors.
Split
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
Split
(intransitive) To burst out laughing.
Split
To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
Split
For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.
Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap.
Split
To vote for candidates of opposite parties.
Split
To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain or layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
Cold winter split the rocks in twain.
Split
To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water.
Split
To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.
Split
To divide or separate into components; - often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
Split
To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
Split
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
The ship splits on the rock.
Split
To separate into parties or factions.
Split
To burst with laughter.
Each had a gravity would make you split.
Split
To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
Split
To divide one hand of blackjack into two hands; - a strategy allowed to a player when the first two cards dealt to the player have the same value.
Split
To leave; to depart (from a place or gathering); as, let's split.
Split
A crack, rent, or longitudinal fissure.
Split
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
Split
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
Split
One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
Split
A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
Split
Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work; - usually in pl.
Split
Short for Split shot or split stroke.
Split
The feat of going down to the floor so that the legs extend in a straight line, either with one on each side or with one in front and the other behind.
Split
A small bottle (containing about half a pint) of some drink; - so called as containing half the quantity of the customary smaller commercial size of bottle; also, a drink of half the usual quantity; a half glass.
Split
The substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as, a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.
Split
Divided; cleft.
Split
Divided deeply; cleft.
Split
Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price; - said of an order, sale, etc.
Split
Extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back)
Split
A bottle containing half the usual amount
Split
A promised or claimed share of loot or money;
He demanded his split before they disbanded
Split
A lengthwise crack in wood;
He inserted the wedge into a split in the log
Split
An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;
There was a rip in his pants
She had snags in her stockings
Split
An old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
Split
A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
Split
(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl;
He was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame
Split
An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity;
They announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
Split
The act of rending or ripping or splitting something;
He gave the envelope a vigorous rip
Split
Division of a group into opposing factions;
Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy
Split
Separate into parts or portions;
Divide the cake into three equal parts
The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Split
Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;
Cleave the bone
Split
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
Split
Go one's own away; move apart;
The friends separated after the party
Split
Break open or apart suddenly;
The bubble burst
Split
Being divided or separated;
Split between love and hate
Split
Having been divided; having the unity destroyed;
Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces
A league of disunited nations
A fragmented coalition
A split group
Split
Broken or burst apart longitudinally;
After the thunderstorm we found a tree with a split trunk
They tore big juicy chunks from the heart of the split watermelon
Split
Having a long rip or tear;
A split lip
Split
(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain;
We bought split logs for the fireplace
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