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Fragile vs Crumbly - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between fragile and crumbly

is that fragile is easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure while crumbly is easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable.

fragile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.
    • The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.
    The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.
    He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.

    Synonyms

    * friable * breakly * breakable * destroyable * destructible * See also

    Antonyms

    * durable * unbreakable * undestroyable * indestructible

    Derived terms

    * fragilely

    Related terms

    * fractal * fraction * fractional * fracture * fragility * frail * frailty * frangible

    crumbly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable