brecciate vs fragment

brecciate is not a noun while fragment is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brecciate	No	No	Yes	No
fragment	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fragment is a hypernym of brecciate; that is, fragment is a word with a broader meaning than brecciate:

Other hypernyms of brecciate include break up, fragmentise, fragmentize.

brecciate (noun)	fragment (noun)
	a broken piece of a brittle artifact
	an incomplete piece
	a piece broken off or cut off of something else

brecciate (verb)	fragment (verb)
break into breccia	break or cause to break into pieces
form into breccia