Division and Friction

Division

Division noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.

Usage example: that church has been racked by division for some time now, and a split into two denominations seems unavoidable

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Friction and division are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Friction" instead a noun "Division".

Nearby Words: divide, divided, dividing, divisive, divisional

Friction noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.

Usage example: there was friction between the two sides of the family

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Division and friction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Division" instead a noun "Friction".

real	real division	real friction
male	male division	male friction
social	social division	social friction
internal	internal division	internal friction
Other adjectives: political, further, significant, higher.

Jurisdiction Friction: Gotham PD has both a Homicide division and a Major Crimes division, both of which are at odds with each other over who gets which murder cases.

Source: Series / Gotham
Jurisdiction Friction: In season 2 the FBI is called in to investigate Retro Girl's murder and eventually take over Powers division.

Source: Series / Powers

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