Join
Join verb - To come together to form a single unit.
Usage example: one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms join to make one water molecule
Part
Part verb - To go or move in different directions from a central point.
Usage example: after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome
How words are described
| good | good join | good part |
| best | best join | best part |
| big | big join | big part |
| bad | bad join | bad part |
| Other adjectives: last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Slipping a Mickey: Sapphire does it to Tercio as part of her goal of seducing him and convincing him to leave the legion and join her.
Source: Fanfic / Just Before The Dawn - She'd been in the first game as part of the Mission Control-with-an-agenda, but doesn't really join Team Snake until part-way through the heroes' final mission.
Source: Eleventh Hour Ranger -
Nakili Abuto in the Purple Moon verse hits every note of this, save for not being your best friend — instead, she's part of a social clique that the player character wants to join.
Source: Black Best Friend
Cite this Source
Part and Join. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/join/part
Join & Part. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/join/part>.
Part or Join. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/join/part.
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