different between fracture vs granulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fracture, from Latin fract?ra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg-, from whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?æk.t??/, /?f?æk.tj?/

Noun

fracture (plural fractures)

1. An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
2. (medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
3. (geology) A fault or crack in a rock.

Derived terms

Related terms

• fractal
• fraction
• fragment

Translations

Verb

fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To break, or cause something to break.
2. (transitive, slang) To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Middle French fracture, from late Old French fracture, borrowed from Latin fract?ra. Compare the inherited Old French fraiture, and the frainture (influenced by fraindre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ak.ty?/

Noun

fracture f (plural fractures)

1. fracture

Related terms

• fraction

Descendants

• ? Romanian: fractur?

Further reading

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

Latin

Participle

fr?ct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of fr?ct?rus

Spanish

Verb

fracture

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fracturar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fracturar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of fracturar.

English

Etymology

granule +? -ate

Verb

granulate (third-person singular simple present granulates, present participle granulating, simple past and past participle granulated)

1. (transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles.
2. (intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains.

   Cane juice granulates into sugar.

Related terms

• grain
• granular
• granularity
• granulation
• granule

Translations

Adjective

granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)

1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
2. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

granulate

1. feminine plural of granulato

Verb

granulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of granulare
2. second-person plural imperative of granulare
3. feminine plural of granulato

Latin

Adjective

gr?nul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of gr?nul?tus