Cleavage vs. Fracture

Cleavagenoun

The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.

Cleavagenoun

The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.

Cleavagenoun

(by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.

Cleavagenoun

(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.

Cleavagenoun

(chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.

Cleavagenoun

(mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.

Cleavagenoun

(politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.

Cleavagenoun

The act of cleaving or splitting.

Cleavagenoun

The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.

Cleavagenoun

Division into laminæ, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; - usually produced by pressure.

Cleavagenoun

the state of being split or cleft

Cleavagenoun

the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules

Cleavagenoun

(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

Cleavagenoun

the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)

Cleavagenoun

the act of cleaving or splitting

Fracturenoun

An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.

Fracturenoun

(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.

Fracturenoun

(geology) A fault or crack in a rock.

Fractureverb

(ambitransitive) To break, or cause something to break.

Fractureverb

To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.

Fracturenoun

The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

Fracturenoun

The breaking of a bone.

Fracturenoun

The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.

Fractureverb

To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.

Fracturenoun

breaking of hard tissue such as bone;

Fracturenoun

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

Fracturenoun

the act of cracking something

Fractureverb

violate or abuse;

Fractureverb

interrupt, break, or destroy;

Fractureverb

break into pieces;

Fractureverb

become fractured;

Fractureverb

break (a bone);

Fractureverb

fracture a bone of;

Fracture

Fracture is the separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. The fracture of a solid usually occurs due to the development of certain displacement discontinuity surfaces within the solid.