fragment vs sliver

fragment

noun
  • A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not 

  • An incomplete portion of code. 

  • A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate. 

  • A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign. 

verb
  • To break apart. 

  • To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk. 

  • To cause to be broken into pieces. 

sliver

noun
  • A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter. 

  • A narrow high-rise apartment building. 

  • A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning. 

  • Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin. 

  • Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings. 

  • A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred. 

verb
  • To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit. 

How often have the words fragment and sliver occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )