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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 involves cutting something apart to study its internal parts, often used with organisms or ideas.
- Bisect means to divide something into two equal parts, like a line or an angle.
- Remember dis in dissect might remind you of disassemble - taking apart more intricately.
- Think of bi in bisect as related to bicycle, which has two wheels—it's about dividing into two pieces.
- Dissecting often relates to analysis and detail, while bisecting is about symmetry or equal division.
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