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What is the main difference between a fractured leg and a broken leg?
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None: Fractured and broken are synonyms.
Answered 12/26/2018
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No difference.: Fractured and broken are synonomous. Some people think that one is worse or not as severe as the other but they are actually the same.
Answered 3/27/2013
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