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Dissect vs. Bisect
Dissect
/dɪˈsekt/Examples:
The committee will dissect the report's findings next week.She loves to dissect classic novels in her book club.Let's dissect the problem to find where we went wrong.
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Bisect
/baɪˈsekt/Examples:
The river bisects the city into two distinct parts.A straight line can bisect an angle perfectly.Mathematicians often bisect figures for analysis.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Dissect is like taking apart a whole, often to study its details.
- Bisect involves cutting something into two parts, usually halves.
- If youre doing a biology class and cutting into a frog, youre dissecting.
- When you draw a line through an angle to divide it into two equal parts, you're bisecting.
- Both involve cutting, but dissect is more for detailed exploration, bisect is more for equal division.
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