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Frangible vs Crumbly - What's the difference?

frangible | crumbly | Related terms |

Frangible is a related term of crumbly.


As adjectives the difference between frangible and crumbly

is that frangible is able to be broken; breakable; fragile while crumbly is easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable.

frangible

English

(wikipedia frangible)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be broken; breakable; fragile.

    • Usage notes

    Generally refers to objects intentionally being breakable, either in case of emergency, such as frangible light poles or smoke outlet panels, or as part of their operation, as in crisp crackers or frangible bullets. (trans-top) * Bulgarian: (trans-mid) * Portuguese: (trans-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * frangibility

    Related terms

    * fraction * fracture * fragile

    References

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    crumbly

    English

    Adjective

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