As verbs the difference between sprain and fracture
is that sprain is to weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle while fracture is .
As a noun sprain
is the act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
sprain
Noun
(
en noun)
The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.
Synonyms
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Verb
(
en verb)
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle.
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Anagrams
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fracture
Noun
(
en noun)
the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
(geology) a fault or crack in a rock
Derived terms
* compound fracture
* fracture mechanics
* greenstick fracture
* hairline fracture
* incomplete fracture
* Jones fracture
* simple fracture
* Smith's fracture
* stress fracture
* tracheal fracture
* vowel fracture
Related terms
* fractal
* fraction
* fragment
Verb
to break, or cause something to break
