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Fragility vs Imperfection - What's the difference?

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Fragility is a related term of imperfection.


As nouns the difference between fragility and imperfection

is that fragility is the condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility while imperfection is (uncountable) those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.

fragility

English

Noun

(fragilities)
  • The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
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  • Weakness; feebleness.
  • (obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty.

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    imperfection

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.
    • You can accept your imperfection or try to improve.
  • (countable) Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc.
    • He loves me despite my imperfections .

    Synonyms

    * (quality of being imperfect) corruption * (something that prevents perfection) fault, flaw, mark, problem, weakness * See also

    Antonyms

    * (quality of being imperfect) flawlessness, perfection