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Cleavage vs Fault - What's the difference?

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Cleavage is a related term of fault.


As nouns the difference between cleavage and fault

is that cleavage is the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft while fault is a defect; something that detracts from perfection.

As a verb fault is

to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

cleavage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
  • (mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
  • (biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
  • The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
  • * 1946 , "Cinema: Cleavage and the Code", Time , 5 Aug 1946:
    • Low-cut Restoration costumes worn by the Misses Lockwood and Roc (see cut) display too much "cleavage " (Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed depression dividing an actress' bosom into two distinct sections).
  • (chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
  • (politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.

    • Related terms

    * cleave * cleft

    Synonyms

    * (separation between breasts) intermammary sulcus

    See also

    * * spathic *

    fault

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
  • * Shakespeare
    • As patches set upon a little breach / Discredit more in hiding of the fault .
  • A mistake or error.
    • No!. This is my fault, not yours
  • A weakness of character; a failing.
    • For all her faults , she's a good person at heart.
  • A minor offense.
  • Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
    • The fault lies with you.
  • (seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
  • (mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
    • slate fault''', dirt '''fault , etc.
    (Raymond)
  • (tennis) An illegal serve.
  • (electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.
  • (obsolete) want; lack
  • * Shakespeare
    • one, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend
  • (hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, / With much ado, the cold fault clearly out.

    Derived terms

    * at fault * double fault * to a fault

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
  • * Traditional song
    • For that I will not fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.
  • (geology) To fracture.
  • To commit a mistake or error.
  • (computing) To undergo a page fault.
  • * 2002 , Æleen Frisch, Essential system administration
    • When a page is read in, a few pages surrounding the faulted page are typically loaded as well in the same I/O operation in an effort to head off future page faults.