Splinter vs. Sliver

Splinternoun

A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.

Splinternoun

A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.

Splinternoun

(bridge) A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.

Splinterverb

(intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.

Splinterverb

(transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.

Splinterverb

To break, or cause to break, into factions.

Splinterverb

(transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

Splinterverb

To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.

Splinterverb

To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.

Splinterverb

To become split into long pieces.

Splinternoun

A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.

Splinternoun

a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal;

Splinterverb

withdraw from an organization or communion;

Splinterverb

divide into slivers or splinters

Splinterverb

break up into splinters or slivers;

Splinter

A splinter (also known as a sliver) is a fragment of a larger object, or a foreign body that penetrates or is purposely injected into a body. The foreign body must be lodged inside tissue to be considered a splinter.

Slivernoun

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.

Slivernoun

(regional US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.

Slivernoun

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.

Slivernoun

(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.

Slivernoun

A narrow high-rise apartment building.

Sliververb

(transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

Sliververb

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

Slivernoun

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter.

Slivernoun

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

Slivernoun

Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

Slivernoun

a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal;

Slivernoun

a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

Sliververb

divide into slivers or splinters

Sliververb

break up into splinters or slivers;

Sliververb

form into slivers;