splitting
Cleaving in two
Splitting means dividing something into parts.
You split wood, split the bill, or split a group into teams.
A splitting headache is severe—as if your head might crack open.
In psychology, splitting describes black-and-white thinking that sees people or situations as all good or all bad, with no middle ground.
We're splitting the cost three ways.
Breaking violently apart
- crumblingBreaking down gradually
- splinteringBreaking into sharp fragments
- fracturingProcess of breaking
- breakingComing apart suddenly
cracking · disintegration · atomization · pulverization · fissuring · rupturing · cleaving · rending
Barrier separating spaces
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- separationState of being apart
divorce · secession · segmentation · subdivision · demarcation · apportionment · allocation · faction
Separating into parts
- divvyInformally distribute shares
- apportioningDividing into shares
- halvingDividing into two
- portioningDividing into shares
distributing · allocating · rationing · parceling · carving up · going Dutch · cost-sharing · bill
Severe neurological head pain
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
intense · blinding · debilitating · stabbing · piercing · agonizing · unbearable · temple
Bladed tool for chopping
- chopQuick forceful slice
- logSectioned tree trunk
- firewoodCut logs for burning
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
wedge · hatchet · chainsaw · woodcutter · lumberjack · timber · sawmill · splitter
Act of going away
- partingAct of leaving another
- separatingDividing into parts
- divergingSeparating from a common point
- goingMoving toward somewhere
Excessive focus on trivialities
- pedantryExcessive concern with minor rules
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- technicalityPrecise procedural point
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
distinction · nuance · trivial · minutiae · overanalyzing · fussing · caviling · hairsplitting
shattering
Breaking violently apart
- crumblingBreaking down gradually
- splinteringBreaking into sharp fragments
- fracturingProcess of breaking
breaking · cracking · disintegration · atomization · pulverization · fissuring · rupturing · cleaving · rending · tearing
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
- schismFormal organizational fracture
separation · divorce · secession · segmentation · subdivision · demarcation · apportionment · allocation · faction · sect
dividing
Separating into parts
- divvyInformally distribute shares
- apportioningDividing into shares
- halvingDividing into two
portioning · distributing · allocating · rationing · parceling · carving up · going Dutch · cost-sharing · bill · check
migraine
Severe neurological head pain
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
severe · intense · blinding · debilitating · stabbing · piercing · agonizing · unbearable · temple · skull
axe
Bladed tool for chopping
kindling · wedge · hatchet · chainsaw · woodcutter · lumberjack · timber · sawmill · splitter · stump
leaving
Act of going away
- partingAct of leaving another
- separatingDividing into parts
- divergingSeparating from a common point
nitpicking
Excessive focus on trivialities
- pedantryExcessive concern with minor rules
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- technicalityPrecise procedural point
semantics · distinction · nuance · trivial · minutiae · overanalyzing · fussing · caviling · hairsplitting · precise
- breaking downfragmenting, dividing, breaking up, partitioning, sectioning
- reorganizingrearranging, restructuring, reshuffling, reshuffle, regrouping
- separatingseparating, detaching, disconnecting, dividing, severing
- divergingforking, branching, parting, separating, spreading
- sharesshares, share, profit sharing, divvy, market share
- data processingnormalization, data entry, standardization, encoding, scaling
- splitting upDividing into parts
- splitting hairsFocusing on trivial differences
- splitting headacheIntense throbbing head pain
- splitting the billDividing costs among diners
- splitting wood
- splitting the atomDividing atomic nuclei