fragment vs piece

fragment and piece both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fragment	Yes	No	Yes	No
piece	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, piece is a hypernym of fragment; that is, piece is a word with a broader meaning than fragment:

As nouns, piece is a hypernym of fragment; that is, piece is a word with a broader meaning than fragment:

As nouns, piece is a hypernym of fragment; that is, piece is a word with a broader meaning than fragment:

Other hypernyms of fragment include part.

fragment (noun)	piece (noun)
a broken piece of a brittle artifact	a separate part of a whole
an incomplete piece	game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
a piece broken off or cut off of something else	a portable gun
	a work of art of some artistic value
	an item that is an instance of some type
	a distance
	a musical work that has been created
	an artistic or literary composition
	an instance of some kind
	a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
	a portion of a natural object
	a share of something
	a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

fragment (verb)	piece (verb)
break or cause to break into pieces	repair by adding pieces
	eat intermittently; take small bites of
	join during spinning
	to join or unite the pieces of
	create by putting components or members together