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Brittle vs Chapped - What's the difference?

brittle | chapped |

As adjectives the difference between brittle and chapped

is that brittle is inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure while chapped is (of skin) dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.

As a noun brittle

is (uncountable) a confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.

As a verb chapped is

(chap).

brittle

English

(wikipedia brittle)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.
    • Cast iron is much more brittle than forged iron.
    A diamond is hard but brittle .
  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 329:
    • 'Do you suppose our convent, and I too, / Are insufficient, then, to pray for you? / Thomas, that joke's not good. Your faith is brittle .
  • Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
  • * Shortbread'' is my favorite cold pastry, yet being so brittle it crumbles easily, and a lot goes to waste.
  • (archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
  • Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
    • What a brittle personality! A little misunderstanding and he's an emotional wreck.
  • (informal, proscribed) Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Merck manual Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.

    • Related terms

    * brittleness

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
    • As a child, my favorite candy was peanut brittle .
  • (uncountable) Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * brickle

    See also

    * break, breakable * short (adjective)

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    chapped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chap)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (of skin) dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface
  • * 1854 Sir Erasmus Wilson - Healthy skin: a popular treatise on the skin and hair, their preservation and management
    • For chapped' lips, or '''chapped''' nipples, the tincture of catechu, or benjamin, ... / For severely ' chapped hands or face, the oxide of zinc ointment or camphor ...
  • * 1913 ,
    • [...] his nose and his chubby cheeks were chapped and red with cold.