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breach vs transgress

transgress vs breach

breach is a noun but transgress is not a noun.

breach and transgress both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
breach Yes No Yes No
transgress No No Yes No
As verbs, breach and transgress are synonyms defined as:
  • breach and transgress: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Other synonyms of breach include break, go against, infract, offend, violate.
As verbs, transgress is a hyponym of breach; that is, transgress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than breach:
  • breach: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
  • transgress: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
Other hyponyms of breach include sin, trespass, blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin, conflict, contravene, infringe, run afoul, trespass, intrude, trespass.
breach (noun) transgress (noun)
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
breach (verb) transgress (verb)
make an opening or gap in pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
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