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Shatter vs Rosin - What's the difference?

shatter | rosin |

As verbs the difference between shatter and rosin

is that shatter is to violently break something into pieces while rosin is to apply rosin to something.

As nouns the difference between shatter and rosin

is that shatter is (archaic) a fragment of anything shattered while rosin is (organic chemistry) a solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.

shatter

English

(wikipedia shatter)

Verb

(en verb)
  • to violently break something into pieces.
    • The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks.
    a high-pitched voice that could shatter glass
    The old oak tree has been shattered by lightning.
  • to destroy or disable something.
  • to smash, or break into tiny pieces.
  • to dispirit or emotionally defeat
    • to be shattered''' in intellect; to have '''shattered''' hopes, or a '''shattered constitution
  • * 1984 Martyn Burke, The commissar's report, p36
    • Your death will shatter him. Which is what I want. Actually, I would prefer to kill him.
  • * 1992 Rose Gradym "Elvis Cures Teen's Brain Cancer!" Weekly World News , Vol. 13, No. 38 (23 June, 1992), p41
    • A CAT scan revealed she had an inoperable brain tumor. The news shattered Michele's mother.
  • * 2006 A. W. Maldonado, Luis Muñoz Marín: Puerto Rico's democratic revolution, p163
    • The marriage, of course, was long broken but Munoz knew that asking her for a divorce would shatter her.
  • * Norris
    • a man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humour
  • (obsolete) To scatter about.
  • * Milton
    • Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A fragment of anything shattered.
    • to break a glass into shatters
    (Jonathan Swift)

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    rosin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia rosin)
  • (organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
  • Resin

    • Synonyms

    * colophony * Greek pitch

    Derived terms

    * rosin paper

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply rosin to something.
    • We waited expectantly as the guest violinist rosined his bow in preparation to playing.

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