shatter vs spicule

shatter

noun
  • A (pine) needle. 

  • A form of concentrated cannabis. 

verb
  • To smash, or break into tiny pieces. 

  • To dispirit or emotionally defeat. 

  • To violently break something into pieces. 

  • Of seeds: to be dispersed upon ripening. 

  • To destroy or disable something. 

spicule

noun
  • A sharp, needle-like piece. 

  • A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes. 

  • A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials 

  • A small spike of flowers. 

  • A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun. 

  • Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges. 

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