Broken vs. Rugged: What's the Difference?

Past participle of break.

Having a rough irregular surface

Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured

Having strong features marked with furrows or wrinkles

Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents

Having a sturdy build or strong constitution

Having been violated

Tempestuous; stormy

Incomplete

Demanding great effort, ability, or endurance

Being in a state of disarray; disordered

Lacking culture or polish; coarse and rude

Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous

Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.

Varying abruptly, as in pitch

Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.

Spoken with gaps and errors

Rough with bristly hair; shaggy.

Topographically rough; uneven

(of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.

Subdued totally; humbled

(of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.

Weakened and infirm

(of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard

Crushed by grief

(of weather) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous

Financially ruined; bankrupt.

(of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; unpleasant sounding or looking

Not functioning; out of order

(of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled

Inflection of break

(of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous

; in separate pieces.

(of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy

; having the bone in pieces.

Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.

(of skin) split or ruptured.

Having a rug or rugs.

; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

Covered with a rug.

(of sleep) interrupted; not continuous.

Simple past tense and past participle of rug

Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.

Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.

Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.

Not neat or regular; uneven.

Breached; violated; not kept.

Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.

; not functioning properly.

Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; - said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.

Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.

Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.

Badly designed or implemented.

Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; - said of sound, style, and the like.

(of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.

Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; - said of looks, etc.

Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.

Violent; rude; boisterrous; - said of conduct, manners, etc.

Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

Vigorous; robust; hardy; - said of health, physique, etc.

Having no money; bankrupt, broke.

Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring;

(of land) Uneven.

Topographically very uneven;

Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.

Rocky and steep

Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.

Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution;

Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.

Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.

Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.

Subdued; humbled; contrite.

Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.

Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.

Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.

Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.

Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.

Physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; or legally or emotionally destroyed;

Not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly;

Subdued or brought low in condition or status;

(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded;

Tamed or trained to obey;

Topographically very uneven;

Imperfectly spoken or written;

Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;

Weakened and infirm;

Destroyed financially;

Out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken');

Discontinuous;

Lacking a part or parts;