fissure vs fracture

fracture vs fissure

fissure and fracture both are nouns.

fissure and fracture both are verbs.

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

As nouns, fracture is a hyponym of fissure; that is, fracture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fissure:

fissure: a long narrow cleft
fracture: (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, faulting, geological fault, shift, rift, slit, split, vent, volcano.

fissure (noun)	fracture (noun)
(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes	the act of cracking something
a long narrow cleft	(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
a long narrow depression in a surface	breaking of hard tissue such as bone

fissure (verb)	fracture (verb)
break into fissures or fine cracks	fracture a bone of
	become fractured
	violate or abuse
	break into pieces
	interrupt, break, or destroy

$Difference between fissure and fracture$

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