collapse vs breakdown

breakdown vs collapse

collapse and breakdown both are nouns.

collapse is a verb but breakdown is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
collapse	Yes	No	Yes	No
breakdown	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, breakdown is a hyponym of collapse; that is, breakdown is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than collapse:

collapse: an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
breakdown: a mental or physical breakdown

Other hyponyms of collapse include crack-up, shock, heat hyperpyrexia, heatstroke, algidity.

collapse (noun)	breakdown (noun)
the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink	the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in	an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)	a cessation of normal operation
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion	(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

collapse (verb)	breakdown (verb)
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
lose significance, effectiveness, or value
suffer a nervous breakdown
break down, literally or metaphorically
fold or close up
fall apart
cause to burst

Difference between collapse and breakdown

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