cracking vs breakage

cracking and breakage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cracking	Yes	Yes	No	No
breakage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, breakage is a hypernym of cracking; that is, breakage is a word with a broader meaning than cracking:

Other hypernyms of cracking include break, breaking.

cracking (noun)	breakage (noun)
the act of cracking something	the act of breaking something
a sudden sharp noise	reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)	the quantity broken

cracking (adjective)	breakage (adjective)
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