crumb vs break up

break up vs crumb

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

crumb and break up both are verbs.

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

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

crumb: break into crumbs
break up: break or cause to break into pieces

Other hypernyms of crumb include fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize.

crumb (noun)	break up (noun)
small piece of e.g. bread or cake
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
a very small quantity of something

crumb (verb)	break up (verb)
remove crumbs from	laugh unrestrainedly
break into crumbs	break or cause to break into pieces
coat with bread crumbs	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 crumb and break up

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