Fracture
Fracture noun - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
Nearby Words: fractured, fracturing
Shift
Shift noun - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| full | full fracture | full shift |
| massive | massive fracture | massive shift |
| slight | slight fracture | slight shift |
| new | new fracture | new shift |
Common collocations
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Shift and Fracture. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fracture/shift
Fracture & Shift. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fracture/shift>.
Shift or Fracture. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fracture/shift.
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