Splinter vs Matchstick - What's the difference?
splinter | matchstick | Synonyms |
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.
A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
:The end of the matchstick is dipped in a sulfurous compound to turn it into a complete match.
Any similarly small and thin pieces; frequently used in the plural.
:The explosion blew the powder shed to matchsticks .
Splinter is a synonym of matchstick.
As nouns the difference between splinter and matchstick
is that splinter is a long, sharp fragment of material, often wood while matchstick is a small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.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)