different between fissure vs cavity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fissure, Latin fissura.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??.?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??.?/, /?f??.?/
• Homophone: fisher

Noun

fissure (plural fissures)

1. A crack or opening, as in a rock.
2. (anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear; a sulcus.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)

1. To split, forming fissures.

Translations

References

• “fissure”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• fussier, surfies

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin fissura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.sy?/
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

fissure f (plural fissures)

1. fissure

Synonyms

• fente

Related terms

• fendre

See also

• ouverture

Verb

fissure

1. first-person singular present indicative of fissurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of fissurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fissurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fissurer
5. second-person singular imperative of fissurer

Further reading

• “fissure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Participle

fiss?re

1. vocative masculine singular of fiss?rus

Portuguese

Verb

fissure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fissurar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of fissurar
3. first-person singular imperative of fissurar
4. third-person singular imperative of fissurar

English

Etymology

From Middle English cavity, from Middle French cavité, from Late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæv?ti/
• • (US) IPA^(key): [?k?æv??i]

Noun

cavity (plural cavities)

1. A hole or hollow depression.
2. A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
3. (dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hole
• (dentistry): caries

Derived terms

Related terms

• cave
• concave
• excavate
• excavation
• excavator

Translations

Further reading

• cavity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• cavity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• cavity at OneLook Dictionary Search