The difference between Element and Part

When used as nouns, element means 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, whereas part means a fraction of a whole.

When used as verbs, element means to compound of elements, whereas part means to leave someone's company.

Part is also adverb with the meaning: partly.

Part is also adjective with the meaning: fractional.

check bellow for the other definitions of Element and Part

  1. Element as a noun (chemistry):

    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. 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. One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air. A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded a violation of law only if each element can be proved. One of the objects in a set. Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.

    Examples:

    "Letters are the elements of written language."

  2. Element as a noun:

    A small part of the whole.

    Examples:

    "an element of doubt;  an element of the picture"

  3. Element as a noun (plural only, with "the"):

    Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.

    Examples:

    "exposed to the elements'"

  4. Element as a noun:

    A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.

    Examples:

    "to be in one's element'"

  5. Element as a noun (Christianity, usually plural):

    The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.

  6. Element as a noun:

    A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.

    Examples:

    "You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches."

  7. Element as a noun:

    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.

    Examples:

    "The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute."

  8. Element as a noun (computing):

    One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching pair of tags.

  1. Element as a verb (obsolete):

    To compound of elements.

  2. Element as a verb (obsolete):

    To constitute and be the elements of.

  1. Part as a noun (math, dated):

    A portion; a component. A fraction of a whole. A distinct element of something larger. A group inside a larger group. Share, especially of a profit. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink. A section of a document. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region. A factor. A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.

    Examples:

    "Gaul is divided into three parts."

    "The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle."

    "I want my part of the bounty."

    "The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water."

    "Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2."

    "3 is a part of 12."

  2. Part as a noun (music):

    Duty; responsibility. Position or role (especially in a play). The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".

    Examples:

    "to do one’s part'"

    "We all have a part to play."

    "The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging."

  3. Part as a noun (US):

    The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.

    Examples:

    "The part of his hair was slightly to the left."

  4. Part as a noun (Judaism):

    In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.

  5. Part as a noun:

    A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

  1. Part as a verb (intransitive):

    To leave someone's company; to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it.

  2. Part as a verb:

    To cut hair with a parting; shed.

  3. Part as a verb (transitive):

    To divide in two.

    Examples:

    "to part the curtains"

  4. Part as a verb (intransitive):

    To be divided in two or separated; shed.

    Examples:

    "A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle."

  5. Part as a verb (transitive, now, rare):

    To divide up; to share.

  6. Part as a verb (obsolete):

    To have a part or share; to partake.

  7. Part as a verb:

    To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.

  8. Part as a verb (obsolete):

    To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.

  9. Part as a verb:

    To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.

    Examples:

    "to part gold from silver"

  10. Part as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To leave; to quit.

  11. Part as a verb (transitive, internet):

    To leave (an IRC channel).

  1. Part as an adjective:

    Fractional; partial.

    Examples:

    "Fred was part owner of the car."

  1. Part as an adverb:

    Partly; partially; fractionally.

    Examples:

    "'Part finished"

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