Element vs. Part
Difference Between Element and Part
Elementnoun
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
Letters are the elements of written language.Partnoun
A portion; a component.
Elementnoun
(chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
Partnoun
A fraction of a whole. t
Gaul is divided into three parts.Elementnoun
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
Partnoun
A distinct element of something larger.
The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.Elementnoun
(legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
Partnoun
A group inside a larger group. t
Elementnoun
(set theory) One of the objects in a set.
Partnoun
Share, especially of a profit.
I want my part of the bounty.Elementnoun
Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
Partnoun
A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.Elementnoun
A small part of the whole.
an element of doubt;an element of the picturePartnoun
3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
Elementnoun
Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
exposed to the elementsPartnoun
A section of a document.
Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2.Elementnoun
A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
to be in one's elementPartnoun
A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region.
Elementnoun
The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
Partnoun
A factor.
3 is a part of 12.Elementnoun
A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.Partnoun
(US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.
Elementnoun
A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.Partnoun
Duty; responsibility.
to do one’s partElementnoun
(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
Partnoun
Position or role (especially in a play).
We all have a part to play.Elementverb
(obsolete) To compound of elements.
Partnoun
(music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece.
The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.Elementverb
(obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
Partnoun
Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".
Elementnoun
an abstract part of something;
jealousy was a component of his charactertwo constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmonythe grammatical elements of a sentencea key factor in her successhumor: an effective ingredient of a speechPartnoun
(US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. t
The part of his hair was slightly to the left.Elementnoun
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
Partnoun
(Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. s
Elementnoun
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system;
spare components for carsa component or constituent element of a systemPartnoun
A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
Elementnoun
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe;
the alchemists believed that there were four elementsPartverb
(intransitive) To leave someone's company; to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it.
Elementnoun
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal;
water is the element of fishesPartverb
To cut hair with a parting; shed.
Elementnoun
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective;
in your elementPartverb
(transitive) To divide in two.
to part the curtainsElementnoun
a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
Partverb
(intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed.
A rope parts.His hair parts in the middle.Partverb
To divide up; to share.
Partverb
(obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake.
Partverb
To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
Partverb
(obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
Partverb
To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
to part gold from silverPartverb
To leave; to quit.
Partverb
To leave (an IRC channel).
Partadjective
Fractional; partial.
Fred was part owner of the car.Partadverb
Partly; partially; fractionally.
Part finishedPartnoun
something determined in relation to something that includes it;
he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himselfI read a portion of the manuscriptthe smaller component is hard to reachPartnoun
the extended spatial location of something;
the farming regions of Francereligions in all parts of the worldregions of outer spacePartnoun
so far as concerns the actor specified;
it requires vigilance on our partthey resisted every effort on his partPartnoun
something less than the whole of a human artifact;
the rear part of the houseglue the two parts togetherPartnoun
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole;
the written part of the examthe finance section of the companythe BBC's engineering divisionPartnoun
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;
the function of a teacherthe government must do its partplay its rolePartnoun
a portion of a natural object;
they analyzed the river into three partshe needed a piece of granitePartnoun
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;
she played the part of DesdemonaPartnoun
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;
he wanted his share in cashPartnoun
any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor;
I am proud of my contribution to the team's successthey all did their share of the workPartnoun
the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music;
he tried to sing the tenor partPartnoun
a line where the hair is parted;
his part was right in the middlePartverb
go one's own away; move apart;
The friends separated after the partyPartverb
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
The business partners broke over a tax questionThe couple separated after 25 years of marriageMy friend and I split upPartverb
leave;
The family took off for FloridaPartverb
come apart;
The two pieces that we had glued separatedPartverb
force, take, or pull apart;
He separated the fighting childrenMoses parted the Red SeaPartadverb
in part; in some degree; not wholly;
I felt partly to blameHe was partially paralyzed
