rag vs break up

break up vs rag

rag is a noun but break up is not a noun.

rag and break up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rag	Yes	No	Yes	No
break up	No	No	Yes	No

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

rag: break into lumps before sorting
break up: break or cause to break into pieces

Other hypernyms of rag include fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize.

rag (noun)	break up (noun)
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
a small piece of cloth
newspaper with half-size pages
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

rag (verb)	break up (verb)
break into lumps before sorting	laugh unrestrainedly
censure severely or angrily	break or cause to break into pieces
harass with persistent criticism or carping	come to an end
play in ragtime	separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
treat cruelly	cause to go into a solution
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations	cause to separate
	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

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