Breakaway vs Runaway - What's the difference?
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Having broken away from a larger unit.
Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.
(cycling) A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
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(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.
A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations.
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A train that is out of control.
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(usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
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The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
An overwhelming victory.
As nouns the difference between breakaway and runaway
is that breakaway is (cycling) a group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton while runaway is a person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations.As an adjective breakaway
is having broken away from a larger unit.breakaway
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Adjective
(-)- The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.
- a breakaway wall
Noun
(en noun)Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- The summit of the climb came 38km from the end of stage 14, which began in Limoux and ended in Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and the incident occurred as the peloton emerged into the light and passed under the banner at the top, a quarter of an hour behind a five-man breakaway .
See also
* escaperunaway
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Alternative forms
* run-awayNoun
(en noun)- Runaway children are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.
- Thou runaway , thou coward, art thou fled?
- There was a runaway yesterday.
- The home side won in a runaway .