stroke vs break

stroke and break both are nouns.

stroke and break both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stroke	Yes	No	Yes	No
break	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, break is a hyponym of stroke; that is, break is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stroke:

stroke: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
break: the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

Other hyponyms of stroke include cannon, carom, masse, masse shot, miscue, cut, undercut, swipe, tennis shot, tennis stroke, baseball swing, cut, swing, golf shot, golf stroke, swing.

As nouns, break is a hyponym of stroke; that is, break is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stroke:

stroke: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
break: an unexpected piece of good luck

Other hyponyms of stroke include hap, good luck, happy chance, coincidence, happenstance, lottery.

stroke (noun)	break (noun)
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand	the act of breaking something
a light touch with the hands	an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
a single complete movement	a sudden dash
any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing	the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information	an escape from jail
a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush	a pause from doing something (as work)
the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam	any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
a light touch	(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause	some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew	an unexpected piece of good luck
(golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club	the occurrence of breaking
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain	a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
	an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
	(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
	breaking of hard tissue such as bone
	a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

stroke (verb)	break (verb)
treat gingerly or carefully	fracture a bone of
strike a ball with a smooth blow	weaken or destroy in spirit or body
row at a particular rate	diminish or discontinue abruptly
touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions	become separated into pieces or fragments
	happen
	prevent completion
	terminate or end
	come into being
	stop operating or functioning
	render inoperable or ineffective
	crack; of the male voice in puberty
	fall sharply
	lessen in force or effect
	destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
	make submissive, obedient, or useful
	be broken in
	change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
	become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
	find the solution or key to
	find a flaw in
	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
	cease an action temporarily
	be released or become known; of news
	undergo breaking
	interrupt the flow of current in
	surpass in excellence
	go to pieces
	ruin completely
	separate from a clinch, in boxing
	break a piece from a whole
	pierce or penetrate
	destroy the completeness of a set of related items
	exchange for smaller units of money
	become punctured or penetrated
	make the opening shot that scatters the balls
	force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
	do a break dance
	curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
	move away or escape suddenly
	scatter or part
	emerge from the surface of a body of water
	make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
	break down, literally or metaphorically
	change directions suddenly
	reduce to bankruptcy
	act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
	interrupt a continued activity
	assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
	cause the failure or ruin of
	invalidate by judicial action
	enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
	discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
	happen or take place
	fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
	give up
	cause to give up a habit
	vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
	come forth or begin from a state of latency
	come to an end

stroke vs break

stroke and break both are nouns.

stroke and break both are verbs.

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