Infract vs Infringe - What's the difference?
infract | infringe |
Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
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, title= Break in or encroach on something.
As verbs the difference between infract and infringe
is that infract is to infringe, violate or disobey (a rule) while infringe is break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.As a adjective infract
is not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.infract
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Etymology 1
See also
* infarctEtymology 2
(etyl) (lena) infractusAdjective
(-)- (Chapman)
infringe
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Alternative forms
* enfringeVerb
(en-verb)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
