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Cracks vs Fracture - What's the difference?

cracks | fracture |

As verbs the difference between cracks and fracture

is that cracks is (crack) while fracture is .

As a noun cracks

is .

cracks

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (crack)
  • fracture

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
  • (geology) a fault or crack in a rock
  • Derived terms

    * compound fracture * fracture mechanics * greenstick fracture * hairline fracture * incomplete fracture * Jones fracture * simple fracture * Smith's fracture * stress fracture * tracheal fracture * vowel fracture

    Verb

  • to break, or cause something to break