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breakdown vs power failure

power failure vs breakdown

breakdown and power failure both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
breakdown Yes No No No
power failure Yes No No No
As nouns, power failure is a hyponym of breakdown; that is, power failure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than breakdown:
  • breakdown: a cessation of normal operation
  • power failure: equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails
Other hyponyms of breakdown include brake failure, engine failure, dud, misfire, outage, power outage, fault.
breakdown (noun) power failure (noun)
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
a cessation of normal operation
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
a mental or physical breakdown
Difference between breakdown and power failure

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