Crack vs. Fracture

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Crackverb

(intransitive) To form cracks.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To break apart under pressure.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

Crackverb

To change rapidly in register.

Crackverb

To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.

Crackverb

(intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.

Crackverb

(transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.

Crackverb

(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

Crackverb

(transitive) To strike forcefully.

Crackverb

(transitive) To open slightly.

Crackverb

(transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)

Crackverb

(transitive) To solve a difficult problem. Figurative, from cracking a nut.

Crackverb

(transitive) To overcome a security system or a component.

Crackverb

(transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.

Crackverb

(transitive) To tell (a joke).

Crackverb

To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

Crackverb

To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.

Crackverb

To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

Crackverb

(obsolete) To brag, boast.

Crackverb

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

Cracknoun

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

Cracknoun

A narrow opening.

Cracknoun

A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

Cracknoun

A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.

Cracknoun

(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

Cracknoun

(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.

Cracknoun

(informal) An attempt at something.

Cracknoun

Vagina.

Cracknoun

(informal) The space between the buttocks.

Cracknoun

Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.

Cracknoun

Business; events; news.

Cracknoun

(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

Cracknoun

a meaningful chat.

Cracknoun

(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.

Cracknoun

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

Cracknoun

(archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.

Cracknoun

(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.

Cracknoun

(obsolete) A boast; boasting.

Cracknoun

(obsolete) Breach of chastity.

Cracknoun

(obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

Cracknoun

A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.

Crackadjective

Highly trained and competent.

Crackadjective

Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

Crackverb

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

Crackverb

To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

Crackverb

To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

Crackverb

To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.

Crackverb

To cry up; to extol; - followed by up.

Crackverb

To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

Crackverb

To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

Crackverb

To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

Crackverb

To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; - with of.

Cracknoun

A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

Cracknoun

Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

Cracknoun

A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.

Cracknoun

The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

Cracknoun

Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.

Cracknoun

A crazy or crack-brained person.

Cracknoun

A boast; boasting.

Cracknoun

Breach of chastity.

Cracknoun

A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.

Cracknoun

A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.

Cracknoun

Free conversation; friendly chat.

Cracknoun

a witty remark; a wisecrack.

Cracknoun

a chance or opportunity to do something; an attempt; as, I'll take a crack at it.

Cracknoun

a form of cocaine, highly purified and prepared as small pellets, especially suitable for smoking; - also called rock. Used in this form it appears to be more addicting than cocaine powder.

Crackadjective

Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of; as, a crack shot.

Cracknoun

a long narrow opening

Cracknoun

a narrow opening;

Cracknoun

a long narrow depression in a surface

Cracknoun

a sudden sharp noise;

Cracknoun

a chance to do something;

Cracknoun

witty remark

Cracknoun

a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts;

Cracknoun

a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted

Cracknoun

a usually brief attempt;

Cracknoun

the act of cracking something

Crackverb

become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;

Crackverb

make a very sharp explosive sound;

Crackverb

make a sharp sound;

Crackverb

hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise;

Crackverb

pass through (a barrier);

Crackverb

break partially but keep its integrity;

Crackverb

break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension;

Crackverb

suffer a nervous breakdown

Crackverb

tell spontaneously;

Crackverb

cause to become cracked;

Crackverb

reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

Crackverb

break into simpler molecules by means of heat;

Crackadjective

of the highest quality;

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.

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