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prostration vs breakdown

breakdown vs prostration

prostration and breakdown both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prostration Yes No No No
breakdown Yes No No No
As nouns, breakdown is a hyponym of prostration; that is, breakdown is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prostration:
  • prostration: an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
  • breakdown: a mental or physical breakdown
Other hyponyms of prostration include crack-up, shock, heat hyperpyrexia, heatstroke, algidity.
prostration (noun) breakdown (noun)
the act of assuming a prostrate position the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion a cessation of normal operation
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
a mental or physical breakdown
Difference between prostration and breakdown

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