break up vs terminate

break up and terminate both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of break up include end.

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

break up: close at the end of a session
terminate: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of break up include cease, end, finish, stop.

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

Other hypernyms of break up include end.

break up (verb)	terminate (verb)
laugh unrestrainedly	bring to an end or halt
break or cause to break into pieces	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
come to an end	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts	be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
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