Fracture and Shift

Fracture

Fracture noun - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.

Shift is a synonym for fracture. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Fracture".

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.

Fracture is a synonym for shift. Sometimes you can use "Fracture" instead a noun "Shift".

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

time fracture time shift time
little fracture little shift little
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