separating
v.v. moving things apart so they are no longer touching or together. You use this when you divide a group into smaller parts or keep two things away from each other.
v. the present participle of 'separate', meaning to move or keep apart; to divide into constituent parts or distinct groups. Transitive when an agent acts on objects; intransitive when describing a process of detachment.
She is separating the white clothes from the dark ones.
The chef is separating the egg yolks from the whites to make a light meringue.
By separating the experimental variables from the control group, the researchers ensured that the final data reflected only the impact of the new medication.
Often takes the preposition 'from' to indicate the things being moved apart.
separating the two parts between each otherseparating the two parts from each otherThe verb 'separate' typically pairs with 'from' to show division, not 'between'.