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Fracture vs Dislocation - What's the difference?

fracture | dislocation |

In geology terms the difference between fracture and dislocation

is that fracture is a fault or crack in a rock while dislocation is the displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

As nouns the difference between fracture and dislocation

is that fracture is the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage while dislocation is the act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

As a verb fracture

is to break, or cause something to break.

fracture

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * fractal * fraction * fragment

    Verb

  • to break, or cause something to break

    • External links

    * * English ergative verbs ----

    dislocation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
  • (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
  • The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
  • (materials ) A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.
  • (grammar)

    • See also

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    See also

    * ("dislocation" on Wikipedia)