Shred vs Fragment - What's the difference?
shred | fragment |
A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
* Francis Bacon
In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
To cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips.
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(obsolete) To lop; to prune; to trim.
(snowboarding) To ride aggressively.
(bodybuilding) To drop fat and water weight before a competition.
(music, slang) To play very fast (especially guitar solos in rock and metal genres).
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
(computing)
As nouns the difference between shred and fragment
is that shred is a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip while fragment is a part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.As verbs the difference between shred and fragment
is that shred is to cut or tear into narrow and long pieces or strips while fragment is to break apart.shred
English
(wikipedia shred)Noun
(en noun)- shreds of tanned leather
- There isn't a shred of evidence to support his claims.
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Synonyms
* See also .Verb
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