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Splintered vs Cracked - What's the difference?

splintered | cracked |

As verbs the difference between splintered and cracked

is that splintered is past tense of splinter while cracked is past tense of crack.

As an adjective cracked is

broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.

splintered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (splinter)

    • splinter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
  • A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

    • Synonyms

    * (long sharp fragment) shard, spelk. * (group formed by splitting) faction, splinter group.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To come apart into long sharp fragments.
    • The tall tree splintered during the storm.
  • To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
    • His third kick splintered the door.
  • * Prescott
    • After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and abandoned the field to the enemy.
  • (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
    • The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
    The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
  • To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
    • (Bishop Wren)

    Related terms

    * splint * splinter up

    cracked

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
  • Broken into coarse pieces.
  • (of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.
  • (slang) Crazy; crackpot.

    • Synonyms

    * (broken so that cracks appear ): crazed * (broken into coarse pieces ): * (of a voice ): discordant, dissonant, harsh, inharmonious, raspy, rough * (slang: crazy ): See also

    Derived terms

    * cracked up * cracked wheat * not all it's cracked up to be

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crack)