peel off vs break away

peel off and break away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
peel off	No	No	Yes	No
break away	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, break away is a hypernym of peel off; that is, break away is a word with a broader meaning than peel off:

Other hypernyms of peel off include break off, chip, chip off, come off.

peel off (verb)	break away (verb)
peel off in scales	break off (a piece from a whole)
take off, as with some difficulty	flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
peel off the outer layer of something	move away or escape suddenly
come off in flakes or thin small pieces	withdraw from an organization or communion
leave a formation	interrupt a continued activity