cease vs break up

break up vs cease

cease is a noun but break up is not a noun.

cease and break up both are verbs.

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

As verbs, break up is a hyponym of cease; that is, break up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cease:

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

Other hyponyms of cease include pass away, lapse, cut out, go out, adjourn, recess, disappear, vanish, climax, culminate, run out, go, run low, run short, disappear, go away, vanish, close, conclude, come out, turn out, discontinue, break.

cease (noun)	break up (noun)
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

cease (verb)	break up (verb)
put an end to a state or an activity	laugh unrestrainedly
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical	break or cause to break into pieces
	come to an end
	separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
	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 cease and break up

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