different between splitting vs allocation

English

Noun

splitting (plural splittings)

1. An instance where something splits.
2. (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
   • 2007, Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche, Penguin 2008, p. 308:

     In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’.

3. (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.

Derived terms

• fee splitting

Translations

Adjective

splitting (comparative more splitting, superlative most splitting)

1. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
2. Very rapid.

   They moved at a splitting pace.

3. Severely painful.

   I have a splitting headache.

Verb

splitting

1. present participle of split

Anagrams

• spittling

English

Etymology

From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin alloc?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æl??ke???n/

Noun

allocation (countable and uncountable, plural allocations)

1. The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

   The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis.

2. That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement.

   The farmer received his full allocation of water from the government.

Derived terms

• allocational

Translations

References

• allocation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• locational

French

Etymology

From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin alloc?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

allocation f (plural allocations)

1. allocation
2. granting, assignment
3. benefit, allowance

Derived terms

• allocation familiale

Further reading

• “allocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).