crush vs fall apart

fall apart vs crush

crush is a noun but fall apart is not a noun.

crush and fall apart both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crush	Yes	No	Yes	No
fall apart	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fall apart is a hypernym of crush; that is, fall apart is a word with a broader meaning than crush:

crush: become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
fall apart: become separated into pieces or fragments

Other hypernyms of crush include break, come apart, separate, split up.

crush (noun)	fall apart (noun)
the act of crushing
temporary love of an adolescent
a dense crowd of people
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

crush (verb)	fall apart (verb)
break into small pieces	become separated into pieces or fragments
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure	break or fall apart into fragments
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict	go to pieces
make ineffective	lose one's emotional or mental composure
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
crush or bruise
humiliate or depress completely
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

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