breach vs severance

breach and severance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
breach	Yes	No	Yes	No
severance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, breach and severance are synonyms defined as:

breach and severance: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

Other synonyms of breach include break, falling out, rift, rupture.

breach (noun)	severance (noun)
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation	the act of severing
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)	a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

breach (verb)	severance (verb)
make an opening or gap in
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises