The difference between Breakup and Rupture

When used as nouns, breakup means the act of breaking up, whereas rupture means a burst, split, or break.

Rupture is also verb with the meaning: to burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.

check bellow for the other definitions of Breakup and Rupture

  1. Breakup as a noun:

    The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.

  2. Breakup as a noun:

    The termination of a friendship, or a romantic relationship.

  3. Breakup as a noun:

    A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.

  4. Breakup as a noun (Alaska):

    Spring.

  1. Rupture as a noun:

    A burst, split, or break.

  2. Rupture as a noun:

    A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.

  3. Rupture as a noun (medicine):

    A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.

  4. Rupture as a noun (engineering):

    A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.

  1. Rupture as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.

  2. Rupture as a verb (botany, intransitive):

    To dehisce irregularly.

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