What is the difference between Brake and Break?




What is the difference between Brake and Break? :


Brake : (noun)

( 1 ) Device for reducing the speed of or stopping a car or bus or train or cycle

He applied the brakes to avoid an accident.

His brakes failed on a steep hill


( 2 ) Ignorance acts as a brake to progress.

The government is determined to put a brake on public spending.



Brake : (verb)

( 1 ) Slow down using a brake

The driver braked hard as the child ran onto the road in front of him.



Break : (verb)

( 1 ) Separate into two or more parts as a result of force or strain (but not by cutting)

She dropped the plate and it broke into pieces.


( 2 ) Cause a whole object to do this

He broke a cup.

She fell of a ladder and broke her arm.


( 3 ) Fail to observe a law

Promise

Not obey or follow something

You should not break the law.

He was breaking the speed limit.


( 4 ) Stop doing something for a while

Pause

Let us break for tea.


( 5 ) Interrupt – destroy the continuity of something

Do not break my concentration.

We broke our journey to Kolkata at Patna.


( 6 ) Cause something to end

She broke the silence by coughing.


( 7 ) Bring something to an end by force

We had to break the blockade.


( 8 ) Change suddenly after a settled period

The fine weather broke at last.


( 9 ) Disperse – show an opening

The clouds broke and the sun came out.


( 10 ) Come into existence

Dawn was breaking.


( 11 ) Begin suddenly and violently

The storm broke.


( 12 ) Become known – be revealed

There was a public outcry when the scandal broke.


( 13 ) Weaken or destroy

We broke their morale.

Break the power of the trade unions.

The scandal broke him.


( 14 ) Become weak or be destroyed

The thief broke under questioning and confessed everything.


( 15 ) Overwhelm someone with strong emotions

The death of his wife broke him completely.


( 16 ) Change tone because of emotions

Her voice broke as she told the dreadful news.


( 17 ) Do better than or surpass a record.

Rajiv Devi broke the Olympic 100 meters record.


( 18 ) Curl and fall in waves

The sound of waves was breaking on the beach.

The sea was breaking over the wretched ship.


( 19 ) Solve – decipher

Can you break the code?



Break : (noun)

( 1 ) Broken place

Opening made by breaking

There was a break in the wall.


( 2 ) Gap

Space

There was a break in the clouds.

Wait for a break in the traffic before crossing the road.


( 3 ) Interval between periods of work

Pause

I work for four hours without a break.

She took an hour’s break for lunch.


( 4 ) Change or interruption in something continuous

There was a break in her education.


( 5 ) Discontinuation or end of a relationship

She has been depressed since the break with her boyfriend.

There was abreak in diplomatic relationship between the two countries.











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