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Rupture vs Tearing - What's the difference?

rupture | tearing |

In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between rupture and tearing

is that rupture is (medicine) a break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle while tearing is (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora.

As nouns the difference between rupture and tearing

is that rupture is a burst, split, or break while tearing is the act by which something is torn; a laceration or tearing can be (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora.

As verbs the difference between rupture and tearing

is that rupture is (intransitive) to burst, break through, or split, as under pressure while tearing is .

As an adjective tearing is

very hasty.

rupture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A burst, split, or break.
  • * Milton
  • Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture , forth disclosed / Their callow young.
  • A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
  • * E. Everett
  • He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
  • (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
  • (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
  • Verb

    (ruptur)
  • (intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
  • See also

    *

    tearing

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • very hasty
  • a tearing hurry

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
  • (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.
  • * 2003 , David P. Luebke, Level of detail for 3D graphics (page 303)
  • Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora
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