melt down vs break up

break up vs melt down

melt down and break up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
melt down	No	No	Yes	No
break up	No	No	Yes	No

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

melt down: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
break up: cause to go into a solution

Other hypernyms of melt down include dissolve, resolve.

melt down (verb)	break up (verb)
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating	laugh unrestrainedly
	break or cause to break into pieces
	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 melt down and break up

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