fracture vs cleft
cleft vs fracturefracture and cleft both are nouns.
fracture is not an adjective while cleft is an adjective.
fracture is a verb but cleft is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fracture | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| cleft | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
cleft is a hypernym of
fracture; that is, cleft is a
word with a broader meaning than fracture:
- fracture: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- cleft: a long narrow cleft
| fracture (noun) | cleft (noun) |
|---|---|
| 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 split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) |
| breaking of hard tissue such as bone |
| fracture (adjective) | cleft (adjective) |
|---|---|
| having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib | |
| split or divided |
| fracture (verb) | cleft (verb) |
|---|---|
| fracture a bone of | |
| become fractured | |
| violate or abuse | |
| break into pieces | |
| interrupt, break, or destroy |
Words related to "fracture"
- Denali Fault
- San Andreas Fault
- abuse
- break
- break off
- breakage
- breaking
- capillary fracture
- cleft
- closed fracture
- comminuted fracture
- complete fracture
- compound fracture
- compression fracture
- crack
- cracking
- crevice
- depressed fracture
- destroy
- destruct
- discontinue
- displaced fracture
- fatigue fracture
- fault
- fault line
- faulting
- fissure
- fracture
- geological fault
- geology
- hairline fracture
- harm
- hurt
- impacted fracture
- inclined fault
- incomplete fracture
- injure
- injury
- misuse
- open fracture
- pervert
- refracture
- scissure
- shift
- simple fracture
- stop
- stress fracture
- strike-slip fault
- trauma
- wound
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