The difference between Brittleness and Tenacity
When used as nouns, brittleness means the property by virtue of which a material is fractured without appreciable deformation by the application of load, whereas tenacity means the quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose.
check bellow for the other definitions of Brittleness and Tenacity
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Brittleness as a noun:
The property by virtue of which a material is fractured without appreciable deformation by the application of load.
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Brittleness as a noun:
The state of being brittle; aptness to break; fragility.
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Tenacity as a noun:
The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
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Tenacity as a noun:
The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
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Tenacity as a noun:
The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
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Tenacity as a noun:
The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
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Tenacity as a noun (physics):
The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.