Splinter
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A long, sharp fragment of material; often wood. A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To come apart into long sharp fragments. To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments. To break, or cause to break, into factions.
Sliver
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.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.Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. kibblings.A narrow high-rise apartment building.
Example sentence: Jewish prayers are mostly about daily things - the sliver of a new moon, dew on the grass, the bread and the wine.