Frangible vs Fragile - What's the difference?
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Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.
Fragile is a related term of frangible.
As adjectives the difference between frangible and fragile
is that frangible is able to be broken; breakable; fragile while fragile is easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.frangible
English
(wikipedia frangible)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
* frangibilityReferences
fragile
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.
- The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.
- He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.