Difference between Bust and Break

What is the difference between Bust and Break?

Bust as a noun is a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders while Break as a noun is an instance of breaking something into two pieces.

Bust

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: without any money, broke

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders The breasts and upper thorax of a woman The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation: a narcotics bust A failed enterprise; a bomb

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Alteration of burst To break something To arrest for a crime To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state. An emphatic to do

Example sentence: If we were all sitting around as different races and as different religions, if you were a real friend of these people, you would bust on them all.

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 etcto endTo 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 billiardsThe number of points scored by one player in one visit to the tablePlace 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: An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

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

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