fault vs breakdown

breakdown vs fault

fault and breakdown both are nouns.

fault is a verb but breakdown is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fault	Yes	No	Yes	No
breakdown	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, breakdown is a hypernym of fault; that is, breakdown is a word with a broader meaning than fault:

fault: (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
breakdown: a cessation of normal operation

Other hypernyms of fault include equipment failure.

fault (noun)	breakdown (noun)
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention	the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)	an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection	a cessation of normal operation
responsibility for a bad situation or event	(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)	(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other	a mental or physical breakdown
an imperfection in an object or machine

fault (verb)	breakdown (verb)
put or pin the blame on

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