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Fragmented vs Disjointed - What's the difference?

fragmented | disjointed |

As adjectives the difference between fragmented and disjointed

is that fragmented is broken into fragments while disjointed is (figuratively) not connected, coherent, or continuous.

As a verb fragmented

is (fragment).

fragmented

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fragment)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • broken into fragments
  • composed of fragments

    • Anagrams

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    disjointed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
    • The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
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    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England can look forward to a quarter-final next weekend against a similarly struggling France, a reward they scarcely deserve on the evidence of this disjointed display.}}