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Fractured vs Fracted - What's the difference?

fractured | fracted |

As adjectives the difference between fractured and fracted

is that fractured is (not comparable) broken into sharp pieces while fracted is (heraldry) having a part displaced, as if broken; said of an ordinary.

As a verb fractured

is (fracture).

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)

    • fracted

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) Having a part displaced, as if broken; said of an ordinary.
    • (Macaulay)

    Related terms

    * fracture (Webster 1913)