The difference between Single and Undivided
When used as adjectives, single means not accompanied by anything else, whereas undivided means unified, whole.
Single is also noun with the meaning: (music) a 45 rpm vinyl record with one song on side a and one on side b.
Single is also verb with the meaning: to identify or select one member of a group from the others.
check bellow for the other definitions of Single and Undivided
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Single as an adjective:
Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
Examples:
"Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?"
"The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose."
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Single as an adjective:
Not divided in parts.
Examples:
"The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate."
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Single as an adjective:
Designed for the use of only one.
Examples:
"a single room"
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Single as an adjective:
Performed by one person, or one on each side.
Examples:
"a single combat"
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Single as an adjective:
Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively.
Examples:
"Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single"."
"Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website."
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Single as an adjective (botany):
Having only one rank or row of petals.
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Single as an adjective (obsolete):
Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
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Single as an adjective:
Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
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Single as an adjective (obsolete):
Simple; foolish; weak; silly.
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Single as a noun:
(music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
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Single as a noun:
(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
Examples:
"The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album."
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Single as a noun:
One who is not married.
Examples:
"He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there."
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Single as a noun (cricket):
A score of one run.
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Single as a noun (baseball):
A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
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Single as a noun (dominoes):
A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
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Single as a noun:
A bill valued at $1.
Examples:
"I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change."
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Single as a noun (UK):
A one-way ticket.
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Single as a noun (Canadian football):
A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.
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Single as a noun (tennis, chiefly, in the plural):
A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
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Single as a noun:
One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
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Single as a noun (UK, Scotland, dialect):
A handful of gleaned grain.
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Single as a verb:
To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.
Examples:
"Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag."
"Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with."
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Single as a verb (baseball):
To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
Examples:
"Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention."
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Single as a verb (agriculture):
To thin out.
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Single as a verb (of a horse):
To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
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Single as a verb:
To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
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Single as a verb:
To take alone, or one by one.
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Undivided as an adjective:
unified, whole
Examples:
"Long division can be hard to understand, so I want your undivided attention."