Difference between Break and Disclose

What is the difference between Break and Disclose?

Break as a verb is to end up in two or more pieces that can't easily be reassembled. while Disclose as a verb is to open up, unfasten.

Break

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To end up in two or more pieces that can't easily be reassembled. Of a bone, to crack or fracture through a sudden physical strain, such as a collision. Of a bone, to cause to crack under physical strain. Of a bone, to fracture accidentally. To stop functioning properly or altogether. To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily. To win a game as receiver. To make the first shot. To cause to end up in two or more pieces. To cause to malfunction or stop working altogether. To cause a person or animal to lose his/her/its will, usually obtained by means of torture.A wave breaking (definition 13) To do that which is forbidden by (a rule or rules). To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in a player's favor. to disclose or make known an item of news etc to end To ruin financially. To divide into smaller units. to arrive

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An instance of breaking something into two pieces. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things. A rest or pause, usually from work; a breaktime. A lucky break. A game won by the receiving player(s). The first shot in a game of billiards The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table Place where waves break (ie. pitch or spill forward creating white water). A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue. a change; the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather

Example sentence: I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

Disclose

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To open up, unfasten.To uncover, physically expose to view.To expose to the knowledge of others; to make known, state openly, reveal.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A disclosure

Example sentence: Unsurprisingly, the poll-takers don't talk a lot in public about the ignorance of the electorate on political and public policy matters. And the politicians are not going to disclose the, let's say, limited body of knowledge in their constituencies. You don't get elected calling your voters airheads.

We hope you now know whether to use Break or Disclose in your sentence.

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