fracture vs strike-slip fault

strike-slip fault vs fracture

fracture and strike-slip fault both are nouns.

fracture is a verb but strike-slip fault is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fracture	Yes	No	Yes	No
strike-slip fault	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, strike-slip fault is a hyponym of fracture; that is, strike-slip fault is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fracture:

fracture: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
strike-slip fault: a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally

Other hyponyms of fracture include inclined fault.

fracture (noun)	strike-slip fault (noun)
the act of cracking something	a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
(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)	strike-slip fault (verb)
fracture a bone of
become fractured
violate or abuse
break into pieces
interrupt, break, or destroy

$Difference between fracture and strike-slip fault$

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