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put away vs break up

break up vs put away

put away and break up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
put away No No Yes No
break up No No Yes No
As verbs, break up is a hypernym of put away; that is, break up is a word with a broader meaning than put away:
  • put away: turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
  • break up: make a break in
Other hypernyms of put away include cut off, disrupt, interrupt.
put away (verb) break up (verb)
turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily laugh unrestrainedly
eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food break or cause to break into pieces
kill gently, as with an injection come to an end
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
stop using cause to go into a solution
throw or cast away cause to separate
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail 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 put away and break up

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