Shattered vs Cracked - What's the difference?
shattered | cracked |
(shatter)
physically broken into pieces
*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=30 emotionally defeated or dispirited
* 2000 Lionel Robbins, A history of economic thought: the LSE lectures, Princeton University Press, p221
* 2000 Nellie McHenry, Forbidden Dreams of Love, chapter 26
* 2010 Mary Alice Beasley, Shattered Lens: A Tale of Domestic Violence and Redemption Through Love, AuthorHouse, p261
Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.
Broken into coarse pieces.
(of a voice) Harsh or dissonant.
(slang) Crazy; crackpot.
(crack)
As verbs the difference between shattered and cracked
is that shattered is past tense of shatter while cracked is past tense of crack.As adjectives the difference between shattered and cracked
is that shattered is physically broken into pieces while cracked is broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface.shattered
English
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(en adjective)citation, passage=It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.}}
- Well, she died after seven years of marriage, and Mill thought that he was shattered', and ' shattered no doubt he was, in the sense of this absolutely irreparable emotional loss.
- She refused to see him for two days. He was shattered . He sent his apologies.
- Yes, he had gotten his revenge for my rejection. I was shattered but remained silent.
