different between parting vs valediction

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??

Noun

parting (plural partings)

1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.

   • The parting of the way.

2. A farewell, the act of departing politely.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.

3. (Britain) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US)
4. (founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
5. (chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
6. (geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7. (nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
8. (mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Translations

Verb

parting

1. present participle of part

Derived terms

• parting shot

Anagrams

• prating, rapting, tarping, traping, tripang

English

Etymology

1614. Borrowed from Latin valed?cere, present active infinitive of valed?c? (“bid farewell”), from val?, imperative of vale? (“I am well”), + d?c? (“say”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?væl.??d?k.??n/

Noun

valediction (plural valedictions)

1. A speech made when leaving or parting company.
2. The act of parting company.
3. A word or phrase (such as adieu or farewell) said upon leaving.
4. A word or phrase used to end a letter or message.

Hyponyms

• (phrase ending message): sincerely

Related terms

• Vale
• valedictory
• valedictorian
• diction

Translations

See also

• salutation