Element vs. Part

Element vs. Part — Is There a Difference?
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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.
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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.
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Elementnoun

A small part of the whole.

an element of doubt;an element of the picture

Partnoun

3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.

Elementnoun

Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.

exposed to the elements

Partnoun

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 element

Partnoun

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 part

Elementnoun

(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 speech

Partnoun

(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 system

Partnoun

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 elements

Partverb

(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 fishes

Partverb

To cut hair with a parting; shed.

Elementnoun

the situation in which you are happiest and most effective;

in your element

Partverb

(transitive) To divide in two.

to part the curtains

Elementnoun

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 silver

Partverb

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 finished

Partnoun

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 reach

Partnoun

the extended spatial location of something;

the farming regions of Francereligions in all parts of the worldregions of outer space

Partnoun

so far as concerns the actor specified;

it requires vigilance on our partthey resisted every effort on his part

Partnoun

something less than the whole of a human artifact;

the rear part of the houseglue the two parts together

Partnoun

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 division

Partnoun

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 role

Partnoun

a portion of a natural object;

they analyzed the river into three partshe needed a piece of granite

Partnoun

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;

she played the part of Desdemona

Partnoun

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

he wanted his share in cash

Partnoun

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 work

Partnoun

the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music;

he tried to sing the tenor part

Partnoun

a line where the hair is parted;

his part was right in the middle

Partverb

go one's own away; move apart;

The friends separated after the party

Partverb

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 up

Partverb

leave;

The family took off for Florida

Partverb

come apart;

The two pieces that we had glued separated

Partverb

force, take, or pull apart;

He separated the fighting childrenMoses parted the Red Sea

Partadverb

in part; in some degree; not wholly;

I felt partly to blameHe was partially paralyzed