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Fractured vs Fragmentary - What's the difference?

fractured | fragmentary |

As adjectives the difference between fractured and fragmentary

is that fractured is broken into sharp pieces while fragmentary is consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.

As a verb fractured

is past tense of 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)

    • fragmentary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.
    • Fragmentary evidence suggests that he died in a foreign country.
  • (geology) Composed of the fragments of other rocks.