opening vs fissure

fissure vs opening

opening and fissure both are nouns.

opening is an adjective but fissure is not an adjective.

opening is not a verb while fissure is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
opening	Yes	Yes	No	No
fissure	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

opening: an open or empty space in or between things
fissure: a long narrow cleft

Other hyponyms of opening include pocket, diastema, nodes of Ranvier, Ranvier's nodes, foramen, hiatus, breach, chasm, cleft, crack, crevice, scissure, hole, mouth, rift, rent, rip, snag, split, tear, window.

opening (noun)	fissure (noun)
a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess	(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
the act of opening something	a long narrow cleft
becoming open or being made open	a long narrow depression in a surface
the first of a series of actions
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
a possible alternative
the initial part of the introduction
the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
an open or empty space in or between things
opportunity especially for employment or promotion

opening (adjective)	fissure (adjective)
first or beginning

opening (verb)	fissure (verb)
	break into fissures or fine cracks

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