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Stratification vs Fragmentation - What's the difference?

stratification | fragmentation |

As nouns the difference between stratification and fragmentation

is that stratification is the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks while fragmentation is the act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

stratification

English

Noun

(wikipedia stratification) (en noun)
  • the process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks
  • (music) a layering of musical texture
  • (ecology) the vertical layering of vegetation in a forest

    • Derived terms

    *economic stratification *lake stratification *social stratification *substratification

    fragmentation

    English

    (wikipedia fragmentation)

    Noun

  • The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.
  • The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.
  • (computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
  • (computing) The breaking up of a data packet when larger than the transmission unit of a network.

    • Synonyms

    * fragmentization

    Antonyms

    * defragmentation