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Fragmented vs Scattered - What's the difference?

fragmented | scattered |

As verbs the difference between fragmented and scattered

is that fragmented is past tense of fragment while scattered is past tense of scatter.

As adjectives the difference between fragmented and scattered

is that fragmented is broken into fragments while scattered is randomly distributed.

fragmented

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fragment)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • broken into fragments
  • composed of fragments
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    scattered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scatter)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Randomly distributed.
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  • (meteorology, of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
  • (meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
  • Derived terms

    * nonscattered * scatteredly * scatteredness * unscattered

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