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fissure vs faulting

faulting vs fissure

fissure and faulting both are nouns.

fissure is a verb but faulting is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fissure Yes No Yes No
faulting Yes No No No
As nouns, faulting is a hyponym of fissure; that is, faulting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fissure:
  • fissure: a long narrow cleft
  • faulting: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Other hyponyms of fissure include chap, chink, crevasse, fatigue crack, break, fault, fracture, geological fault, shift, rift, slit, split, vent, volcano.
fissure (noun) faulting (noun)
(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
a long narrow cleft
a long narrow depression in a surface
fissure (verb) faulting (verb)
break into fissures or fine cracks
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