fracture vs stress fracture

stress fracture vs fracture

fracture and stress fracture both are nouns.

fracture is a verb but stress fracture is not a verb.

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

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

fracture: breaking of hard tissue such as bone
stress fracture: fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury

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

fracture (noun)	stress fracture (noun)
the act of cracking something	fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury
(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)	stress fracture (verb)
fracture a bone of
become fractured
violate or abuse
break into pieces
interrupt, break, or destroy

$Difference between fracture and stress fracture$

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