disintegrate vs break apart

break apart vs disintegrate

disintegrate and break apart both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disintegrate	No	No	Yes	No
break apart	No	No	Yes	No

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

disintegrate: break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
break apart: break violently or noisily; smash

Other hyponyms of disintegrate include powder, powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize, powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize, run, unravel, crumble, fall apart, digest, dissolve, break up, crash.

disintegrate (verb)	break apart (verb)
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity	break up or separate
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current	break violently or noisily; smash
cause to undergo fission or lose particles	take apart into its constituent pieces

Difference between disintegrate and break apart

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