pound vs fragment

fragment vs pound

pound and fragment both are nouns.

pound and fragment both are verbs.

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

As verbs, fragment is a hypernym of pound; that is, fragment is a word with a broader meaning than pound:

pound: break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
fragment: break or cause to break into pieces

Other hypernyms of pound include break up, fragmentise, fragmentize.

pound (noun)	fragment (noun)
the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)	a broken piece of a brittle artifact
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs	an incomplete piece
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)	a piece broken off or cut off of something else
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
16 ounces avoirdupois
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

pound (verb)	fragment (verb)
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle	break or cause to break into pieces
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
strike or drive against with a heavy impact
place or shut up in a pound
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
partition off into compartments
move rhythmically
move heavily or clumsily

Difference between pound and fragment

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