The difference between Division and Multiplication
When used as nouns, division means the act or process of dividing anything, whereas multiplication means the process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
check bellow for the other definitions of Division and Multiplication
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Division as a noun (uncountable):
The act or process of dividing anything.
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Division as a noun:
Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
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Division as a noun (arithmetic, uncountable):
The process of dividing a number by another.
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Division as a noun (arithmetic):
A calculation that involves this process.
Examples:
"I've got ten divisions to do for my homework."
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Division as a noun (military):
A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
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Division as a noun:
A section of a large company.
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Division as a noun (taxonomy):
A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
Examples:
"Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta."
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Division as a noun:
A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
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Division as a noun (government):
A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
Examples:
"The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords."
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Division as a noun (music):
A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
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Division as a noun (music):
A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
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Division as a noun (legal):
A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
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Division as a noun (computing):
Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
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Division as a noun (UK, Eton College):
A lesson; a class.
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Multiplication as a noun (uncountable, arithmetic):
The process of computing the sum of a number with itself a specified number of times, or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
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Multiplication as a noun (countable, arithmetic):
A calculation involving multiplication.
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Multiplication as a noun:
The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.