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Fracture vs Fractured - What's the difference?

fracture | fractured |

As verbs the difference between fracture and fractured

is that fracture is while fractured is (fracture).

As an adjective fractured is

(not comparable) broken into sharp pieces.

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 ----

    fractured

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Broken into sharp pieces.
  • Split into groups which disagree.
    • Her fractured family could never agree on anything.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fracture)