different between splinter vs disintegrate

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?spl?nt?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?spl?nt?/, [?spl????]
• (Southern American English) IPA^(key): /?spl?n?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?(r), -?nt?

Etymology 1

From Middle English splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint +? -er.

Noun

splinter (plural splinters)

1. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
2. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
3. (bridge) A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.

Synonyms

• (long sharp fragment): shard, spelk, spill.
• (group formed by splitting): faction, splinter group.

Translations

Etymology 2

From the noun splinter.

Verb

splinter (third-person singular simple present splinters, present participle splintering, simple past and past participle splintered)

1. (intransitive) To come apart into long sharp fragments.

   The tall tree splintered during the storm.

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

   His third kick splintered the door.

   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.

3. (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.

   The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.

   The unpopular new policies splintered the company.

4. (transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
   • 1659, Matthew Wren, Monarchy Asserted Or The State of Monarchicall & Popular Government

     it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.

Related terms

• splint
• splinter up

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch splinter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spl?n.t?r/
• Hyphenation: splin?ter
• Rhymes: -?nt?r

Noun

splinter m (plural splinters, diminutive splintertje n)

1. splinter (long, sharp fragment of material)

Derived terms

• splinterpartij

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1785, dis- +? integrate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s??nt???e?t/

Verb

disintegrate (third-person singular simple present disintegrates, present participle disintegrating, simple past and past participle disintegrated)

1. (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
   • 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy

     Marlites […] are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

2. (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.
3. (science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.

Synonyms

• (transitive, to cause to break into parts) dismember, dissolve
• (intransitive, to break into one's parts) compost, decay, dissolve

Antonyms

• integrate

Derived terms

• disintegration
• disintegrative
• disintegrator

Translations

Anagrams

• reinstigated

Italian

Verb

disintegrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disintegrare
2. second-person plural imperative of disintegrare
3. feminine plural of disintegrato