Difference between Collapse and Break

What is the difference between Collapse and Break?

Collapse as a verb is to fall down suddenly; to cave in while Break as a verb is to end up in two or more pieces that can't easily be reassembled.

Collapse

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To fall down suddenly; to cave in To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown To fold compactly For several batsmen to get out in quick succession To cause something to collapse.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of collapsing Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)

Example sentence: The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the successive 'policies' and 'Plans' of the Russian experiment. Americans shirk the word 'socialism', but what else can one call it?

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: You are remembered for the rules you break.

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

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