analysis vs breakdown

breakdown vs analysis

analysis and breakdown both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
analysis	Yes	No	No	No
breakdown	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, breakdown is a hyponym of analysis; that is, breakdown is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than analysis:

analysis: the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
breakdown: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

Other hyponyms of analysis include partitioning, cost-benefit analysis, dissection, elimination, reasoning by elimination, reductionism, systems analysis, trend analysis.

analysis (noun)	breakdown (noun)
an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole	the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud	an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations	a cessation of normal operation
a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation	(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed	(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'	a mental or physical breakdown

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