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Shards vs Fragment - What's the difference?

shards | fragment |

As nouns the difference between shards and fragment

is that shards is plural of lang=en while fragment is a part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

As verbs the difference between shards and fragment

is that shards is third-person singular of shard while fragment is to break apart.

shards

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (shard)

    • fragment

    English

    (wikipedia fragment)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
  • (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
  • (computing)

    • Related terms

    * fragmental

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break apart.
  • To cause to be broken into pieces.

    • Synonyms

    * fragmentize

    Derived terms

    * fragmentation

    External links

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