Schism (noun)
sk-iz-m
A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.
Late Middle English: from Old French scisme, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek skhisma ‘cleft’, from skhizein ‘to split’.
Example sentences
“The widening schism in the government was concerning, and bad news for everyone.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
