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Friable vs Hyphenation - What's the difference?

friable | hyphenation |

As an adjective friable

is easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.

As a noun hyphenation is

the inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens.

friable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
  • * 1977 , (Angela Carter), The Passion of New Eve :
    • Spiders had woven their vague trapezes between the friable heads of dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago.
  • * 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1020:
    • This light, friable type of material offered excellent insulation against both desert heat and also the cold of darkness during the winter.
  • (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.
  • (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
    • April 1987 , Old-House Journal
    It is when asbestos-containing products are friable that hazardous asbestos fibers are likely to be released and sent airborne.

    Synonyms

    * (easily broken into small fragments) crumbly

    Derived terms

    * friableness * friably * friability

    See also

    * brittle

    References

    * * ----

    hyphenation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hyphenation) (en noun)
  • The inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens.
    • Print the article without hyphenation if you're not sure where to put them.

    See also

    * (hyphenation point)