Erm, i hate to burst your bubble, but as someone who has done both i can tell you they ARE 2 different things.
Think of your arm as a glass window. Say that glass gets a massive crack in it but is still in one piece. Thats the equivalent of a fracture. Now break that window into 2 and you guessed it, thats like a broken bone.
I confer and i would like to add that people who think they're the same thing ANNOY me.