opening vs breach

breach vs opening

opening and breach both are nouns.

opening is an adjective but breach is not an adjective.

opening is not a verb while breach is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
opening	Yes	Yes	No	No
breach	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, breach is a hyponym of opening; that is, breach is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than opening:

opening: an open or empty space in or between things
breach: an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

Other hyponyms of opening include pocket, diastema, nodes of Ranvier, Ranvier's nodes, foramen, hiatus, chasm, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure, hole, mouth, rift, rent, rip, snag, split, tear, window.

opening (noun)	breach (noun)
a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess	a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
the act of opening something	a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
becoming open or being made open	an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
the first of a series of actions
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
a possible alternative
the initial part of the introduction
the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
an open or empty space in or between things
opportunity especially for employment or promotion

opening (adjective)	breach (adjective)
first or beginning

opening (verb)	breach (verb)
	make an opening or gap in
	act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

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