break off vs terminate

break off and terminate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
break off	No	No	Yes	No
terminate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, terminate is a hypernym of break off; that is, terminate is a word with a broader meaning than break off:

Other hypernyms of break off include end.

break off (verb)	terminate (verb)
prevent completion	bring to an end or halt
interrupt before its natural or planned end	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
break a small piece off from	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
break off (a piece from a whole)	be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
break a piece from a whole