peel off vs break off

peel off and break off both are verbs.

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

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

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

peel off (verb)	break off (verb)
peel off in scales	prevent completion
take off, as with some difficulty	interrupt before its natural or planned end
peel off the outer layer of something	break a small piece off from
come off in flakes or thin small pieces	break off (a piece from a whole)
leave a formation	break a piece from a whole