fracture vs hairline fracture

hairline fracture vs fracture

fracture and hairline fracture both are nouns.

fracture is a verb but hairline fracture is not a verb.

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

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

fracture: breaking of hard tissue such as bone
hairline fracture: a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin

Other hyponyms of fracture include comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, open fracture, compression fracture, depressed fracture, displaced fracture, fatigue fracture, stress fracture, capillary fracture, incomplete fracture, impacted fracture, closed fracture, simple fracture.

fracture (noun)	hairline fracture (noun)
the act of cracking something	a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin
(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

fracture (verb)	hairline fracture (verb)
fracture a bone of
become fractured
violate or abuse
break into pieces
interrupt, break, or destroy

$Difference between fracture and hairline fracture$

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