faulting vs fracture

faulting and fracture both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
faulting	Yes	No	No	No
fracture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, faulting and fracture are synonyms defined as:

faulting and fracture: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Other synonyms of faulting include break, fault, geological fault, shift.

faulting (noun)	fracture (noun)
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other	the act of cracking something
	(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
	breaking of hard tissue such as bone