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Infraction vs Violate - What's the difference?

infraction | violate |

As a noun infraction

is (legal) a minor offence, petty crime.

As a proper noun violate is

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infraction

English

(wikipedia infraction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) A minor offence, petty crime
  • a violation; breach
  • (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.

    • Related terms

    * infringe * infringement

    See also

    * infarction

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    violate

    English

    Verb

    (violat)
  • To break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.).
    • The program tried to write to privileged memory, so it was flagged with a protect violate error.
    Accessing unauthorized files violates security protocol.
  • To rape.

    • Derived terms

    * violation * violable * violative

    Antonyms

    * comply * obey

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