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Fragments vs Shrapnel - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between fragments and shrapnel

is that fragments is while shrapnel is (historical) an anti-personnel artillery shell used in wwi which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.

fragments

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fragment)
    • ----

    shrapnel

    English

    (wikipedia shrapnel)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (historical) An anti-personnel artillery shell used in WWI which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.
  • A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell or landmine.
  • (slang) Loose change.
  • debris caused by action of persons or animals.
    • The dog did not eat my sandwich. It was in a bag. If he had eaten my sandwich, there'd be shrapnel all over the place from him tearing open the bag.