Frangible vs Vulnerable - What's the difference?
frangible | vulnerable |
More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
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As adjectives the difference between frangible and vulnerable
is that frangible is able to be broken; breakable; fragile while vulnerable is vulnerable.frangible
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(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
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(en adjective)Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau, passage=The elimination of Federer after Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses. }}
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Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools