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Fractured vs Scattered - What's the difference?

fractured | scattered |

As adjectives the difference between fractured and scattered

is that fractured is (not comparable) broken into sharp pieces while scattered is randomly distributed.

As verbs the difference between fractured and scattered

is that fractured is (fracture) while scattered is (scatter).

fractured

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Broken into sharp pieces.
  • Split into groups which disagree.
  • Her fractured family could never agree on anything.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fracture)
  • scattered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scatter)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Randomly distributed.
  • * , chapter=12
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
  • (meteorology, of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
  • (meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
  • Derived terms

    * nonscattered * scatteredly * scatteredness * unscattered

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