Split vs. Tear — What's the Difference?

To divide (something) from end to end, into layers, or along the grain

To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.

Divided.

To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident

Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.

To lacerate (the skin, for example).

(of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.

To make (an opening) in something by pulling it apart or by accident

Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.

To separate forcefully; wrench

Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.

To divide or disrupt

(London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.

To become torn

A crack or longitudinal fissure.

To move with heedless speed; rush headlong

A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.

To become filled with tears

A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.

The act of tearing.

(leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.

The result of tearing; a rip or rent

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.

A great rush; a hurry.

(bodybuilding) A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle.

(Slang) A carousal; a spree.

A split-finger fastball.

A drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted by the lachrymal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants.

(bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.

Tears A profusion of this liquid spilling from the eyes and wetting the cheeks, especially as an expression of emotion.

A split shot or split stroke.

Tears The act of weeping

A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.

A drop of a liquid or hardened fluid.

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.

(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.

(transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.

(athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race.

(transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.

(video games) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun.

(transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.

(construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.

To remove by tearing.

(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.

To demolish

(music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.

(intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.

To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

(intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.

To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

(intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.

(transitive) To share; to divide.

(intransitive) To produce tears.

To leave.

A hole or break caused by tearing.

To separate.

(slang) A rampage.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.

A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.

To factor into linear factors.

Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.

(glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

(intransitive) To burst out laughing.

That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.

For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.

Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

To vote for candidates of opposite parties.

That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

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.

A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.

The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.

To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.

To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.

To divide or separate into components; - often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.

Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.

To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.

To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.

To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.

To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

To separate into parties or factions.

To move violently; to agitate.

To burst with laughter.

To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.

To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.

To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

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.

A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands;

To leave; to depart (from a place or gathering); as, let's split.

An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

A crack, rent, or longitudinal fissure.

An occasion for excessive eating or drinking;

A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.

The act of tearing;

A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.

Separate or cause to separate abruptly;

One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.

To separate or be separated by force;

A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.

Move quickly and violently;

Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work; - usually in pl.

Strip of feathers;

Short for Split shot or split stroke.

Fill with tears or shed tears;

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.

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.

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.

Divided; cleft.

Divided deeply; cleft.

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.

Extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back)

A bottle containing half the usual amount

A promised or claimed share of loot or money;

A lengthwise crack in wood;

An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

An old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl;

An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity;

The act of rending or ripping or splitting something;

Division of a group into opposing factions;

Separate into parts or portions;

Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;

Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;

Go one's own away; move apart;

Break open or apart suddenly;

Being divided or separated;

Having been divided; having the unity destroyed;

Broken or burst apart longitudinally;

Having a long rip or tear;

(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain;