break up vs fall apart

fall apart vs break up

break up and fall apart both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
break up	No	No	Yes	No
fall apart	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fall apart is a hypernym of break up; that is, fall apart is a word with a broader meaning than break up:

break up: break or cause to break into pieces
fall apart: become separated into pieces or fragments

Other hypernyms of break up include break, come apart, separate, split up.

break up (verb)	fall apart (verb)
laugh unrestrainedly	become separated into pieces or fragments
break or cause to break into pieces	break or fall apart into fragments
come to an end	go to pieces
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts	lose one's emotional or mental composure
cause to go into a solution
cause to separate
close at the end of a session
bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
make a break in
set or keep apart
break violently or noisily; smash
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
release ice
destroy the completeness of a set of related items
take apart into its constituent pieces
suffer a nervous breakdown
disband
to cause to separate and go in different directions
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

Difference between break up and fall apart

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