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Fragmenting vs Fissiparous - What's the difference?

fragmenting | fissiparous |

As a verb fragmenting

is (fragment).

As a adjective fissiparous is

factious, tending to break into pieces.

fragmenting

English

Verb

(head)

    • fissiparous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Factious, tending to break into pieces
  • Causing division or fragmenting something (often appearing in the collocation "fissiparous tendencies").
  • (biology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.

    • Synonyms

    * (factious) factious, unstable * (causing fragmentation) divisive, fragmenting

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "fissiparous")

    Related terms

    * fissile * fissiparism * oviparous * multiparous * nulliparous * viviparous * ovoviviparous