Dichotomy (noun)
die-kot-om-ee
A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
Late 16th century via modern Latin from Greek dikhotomia, from dikho- ‘in two, apart’ + -tomia
Example sentences
“sadly there’s a great dichotomy between science and religion.”
Mackle (verb) mak-ul to blur, as from a double impression in printing First used in 1585–95. A variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule (from the Latin macula, “spot, blemish”).…