Divide
Divide is the action word for division. Mathematically, divide means to split things into parts. Parts can be any number. We can divide into 2, 3, 4. Like cutting a pie of 8 slices, we have divided the pie into 8ths. When dividing only in half, this can also imply a separation even to the point of opposition. Like two sides to an argument. Our opinions are divided. Nations or polictical views are often divided. As dividion can be more than just separating into 2, people can also be divided into 3 camps or opinions. The most opposite parts of division are 2 where the views of one group are diorectly against the other. Typically, I thi k mathemtaically when it is a higher number, but more perwsonally when it is only dovided into 2 or 3. Divided into anything over 4 seems more about equality than separatation. To divded into 2, often implies opposition. Divison can have a very negative connotation, but can also have a very fair, positive connocation.
Zero
Zero often has a negative connotation. I immeidately go to the movie Holes (great movie by the way) where one of the main characters were nicknamed Zero - which meant amounting to nothing. there are also many gestures that show Zero which is often equated to Loser, again, you will never amount to anything. Even the negative connotation of Ground Zero, mean start building from the very bottom. Zero is the pure mathemtical sense does not really carry a negative connotation. It is more of a neutral one. It is not positive or negative, but neutral. Much like a neutron in physics. Neutral, in that case, can be seems as indifferent, but not in a negative or positive way. I cannot think of an application of Zero which is actually positive. It is typically only negative implocation or neutral. You could think of balance but it is rare.
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