different between splinter vs pulverise

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

Alternative forms

• pulverize (American)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pulvériser, from Latin pulverizo, pulverizare, from pulvis (“powder”).

Pronunciation

Verb

pulverise (third-person singular simple present pulverises, present participle pulverising, simple past and past participle pulverised)

1. (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
2. (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
3. (transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
4. (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.

Synonyms

• pulver (archaic)

Translations

See also

• nebulize
• vaporize

Anagrams

• prelusive, repulsive