disintegrate vs break up

break up vs disintegrate

disintegrate and break up both are verbs.

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

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

disintegrate: break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
break up: 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 apart, crash.

disintegrate (verb)	break up (verb)
break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity	laugh unrestrainedly
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current	break or cause to break into pieces
cause to undergo fission or lose particles	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 disintegrate and break up

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