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Splinter vs Shards - What's the difference?

splinter | shards |

As nouns the difference between splinter and shards

is that splinter is a long, sharp fragment of material, often wood while shards is plural of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between splinter and shards

is that splinter is to come apart into long sharp fragments while shards is third-person singular of shard.

splinter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
  • A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
  • Synonyms

    * (long sharp fragment) shard, spelk. * (group formed by splitting) faction, splinter group.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To come apart into long sharp fragments.
  • The tall tree splintered during the storm.
  • To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
  • His third kick splintered the door.
  • * Prescott
  • After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and abandoned the field to the enemy.
  • (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
  • The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
    The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
  • To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
  • (Bishop Wren)

    shards

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (shard)