friability

As nouns the difference between friability and fragility

is that friability is the quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness while fragility is the condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

As nouns the difference between brittle and friability

is that brittle is (uncountable) a confection of caramelized sugar and nuts while friability is the quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.

As an adjective brittle

is inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.

As an adjective fragile

is easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.

As a noun friability is

the quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.

As nouns the difference between brittleness and friability

is that brittleness is the property by virtue of which a material is fractured without appreciable deformation by the application of load while friability is the quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and friability

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while friability is the quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.