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Fractured vs Fragment - What's the difference?

fractured | fragment |

As an adjective fractured

is (not comparable) broken into sharp pieces.

As a verb fractured

is (fracture).

As a noun fragment is

fragment.

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)

    • fragment

    English

    (wikipedia fragment)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
  • (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
  • (computing)

    • Related terms

    * fragmental

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break apart.
  • To cause to be broken into pieces.

    • Synonyms

    * fragmentize

    Derived terms

    * fragmentation

    External links

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