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Triturated vs Comminuted - What's the difference?

triturated | comminuted | Synonyms |

Comminuted is a synonym of triturated.



As adjectives the difference between triturated and comminuted

is that triturated is ground down; pulverised while comminuted is reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.

As verbs the difference between triturated and comminuted

is that triturated is past tense of triturate while comminuted is past tense of comminute.

triturated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Ground down; pulverised.
  • *
    • They cast no reflection in the water at their feet – it was too triturated by the pricking of the rain.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (triturate)

    • comminuted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 53:
    • Hawaiian sand is utterly different: it is comminuted coral and algae, the broken detritus of a hundred thousand storms washed up against the land.

    Synonyms

    * triturated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (comminute)