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Blockbuster vs Breakout - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between blockbuster and breakout

is that blockbuster is blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales) while breakout is an escape from prison.

blockbuster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
  • Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
  • A large firecracker type of fireworks; an .
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • An exceptional event.
  • There was a blockbuster trade in baseball today.

    breakout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An escape from prison
  • An escape from any restrictive or confining situation
  • An outbreak
  • A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts
  • A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
  • See also

    * break out * outbreak

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