Splinter vs Chopstick - What's the difference?
splinter | chopstick |
A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
To come apart into long sharp fragments.
To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
* Prescott
(figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
As nouns the difference between splinter and chopstick
is that splinter is a long, sharp fragment of material, often wood while chopstick is a (single) particular east asian eating utensil, used in pairs and held in the hand, the utensil is a stick, usually made of wood, of approximately 23cm (~10") in length.As a verb splinter
is to come apart into long sharp fragments.splinter
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (long sharp fragment) shard, spelk. * (group formed by splitting) faction, splinter group.Verb
(en verb)- The tall tree splintered during the storm.
- His third kick splintered the door.
- After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and abandoned the field to the enemy.
- The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
- The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
- (Bishop Wren)