Leave vs Break - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between leave and break

is that leave is to give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant while break is to end (a connection), to disconnect.

In intransitive terms the difference between leave and break

is that leave is to depart; to go away from a certain place or state while break is to make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

In intransitive obsolete terms the difference between leave and break

is that leave is to remain (behind); to stay while break is to fail in business; to become bankrupt.

In lang=en terms the difference between leave and break

is that leave is farewell, departure while break is a large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

In obsolete terms the difference between leave and break

is that leave is to raise; to levy while break is to lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

As verbs the difference between leave and break

is that leave is To have a consequence or remnant.break is to separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

As nouns the difference between leave and break

is that leave is the action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball while break is an instance of breaking something into two pieces.

leave

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) leven, from (etyl) (whence Danish levne). More at .

Verb

To have a consequence or remnant.

#To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.

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#To cause, to result in.

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#(lb) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.

#*Bible, (w) v. 24

#*:Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:The foot / That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.

(lb) To depart; to separate from.

#To let be or do without interference.

#(lb) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.

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#(lb) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).

#(lb) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

(lb) To transfer something.

#(lb) To transfer possession of after death.

#(lb) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

#(lb) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.

To remain (behind); to stay.

*:And whanne sire launcelot sawe them fare soo / he gat a spere in his hand / and there encountred with hym al attones syr bors sir Ector and sire Lyonel / and alle they thre smote hym atte ones with their speres // and by mysfortune sir bors smote syre launcelot thurgh the shelde in to the syde / and the spere brake / and the hede lefte stylle in his syde

*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).

*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) V:

*:When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.

*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:Now leave complaining and begin your tea.

Synonyms

* (sense, to end one's connection with) depart, forget, leave behind

Derived terms

* beleave * forleave * leave behind * leave for dead * leave no stone unturned * leave nothing in the tank * leave someone hanging * leave someone high and dry * leave someone holding the bag * leave off * leave out * leave in the lurch * leave well enough alone * not leave one's thought * overleave * up and leave

Noun

(en noun)

(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.

(billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).

* 1890 February 27, "Slosson's Close Shave"], in [[w:New York Times, The New York Times] :

Having counted 38 points he tried a beautiful out of the corner, hit the first ball just a trife too hard and kissed his own ball off just when victory seemed to be his. The leave was unfortunate for Ives. Slosson played brilliantly and ran the game out, a close winner, with 22 points.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) leve, from (etyl) . Related to (etyl) verlof, (etyl) Erlaubnis. See also (l).

Noun

(-)

Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.

(senseid)(dated, or, legal) Permission.

Might I beg leave to accompany you?

The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.

(dated) Farewell, departure.

I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.

Derived terms

* administrative leave * annual leave * by your leave * compassionate leave * leave of absence * maternity leave * on leave * parental leave * paternity leave * shore leave * sick leave * take French leave * take leave * ticket-of-leave

Etymology 3

From (etyl) leven, from (etyl) .

Verb

To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

Etymology 4

From (etyl) leven, from . More at (l).

Verb

(rare) To produce leaves or foliage.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed.

* 1868 , , The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám , 2nd edition:

Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:

Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?

Synonyms

* leaf (verb)

Etymology 5

See levy.

Verb

(obsolete) To raise; to levy.

* Spenser

An army strong she leaved .

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break

English

(wikipedia break)

Verb

(intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

If the vase falls to the floor, it might break .

She broke the vase.

# (intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.

His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.

She broke his neck.

He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.

(US) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

''Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?

The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.

To cause (a person) to lose his or her spirit or will; to crush the spirits of; to ruin (a person) emotionally.

Her child's death broke Angela.

Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.

* Shakespeare

an old man, broken with the storms of state

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

My heart is breaking .

To cause (a person or animal) to lose its will.

You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.

The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.

To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.

to break''' silence; to '''break''' one's sleep; to '''break one's journey

I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.

* Shakespeare

Go, release them, Ariel; / My charms I'll break , their senses I'll restore.

To ruin financially.

The recession broke some small businesses.

* Dryden

With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, / Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks .

To violate, to not adhere to.

When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.

He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.

break one's word

Time travel would break'' the laws of physics.

* Milton

Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts / To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray.

(of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, temperaturewise.

Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.

To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in a player's favor.

Letting white have three extra queens would break chess.

(intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke .

Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?

# To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.

Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.

To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

break a seal

# (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.

# (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination or the like.

(of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

To end.

The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.

To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

* Shakespeare

The clouds are still above; and, while I speak, / A second deluge o'er our head may break .

* Wordsworth

And from the turf a fountain broke , / And gurgled at our feet.

To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.

Let's break for lunch.

To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object not hit something else beneath.

He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.

(ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.

I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.

In the latest breaking news...

When news of their divorce broke , ...

(of morning) To arrive.

Morning has broken .

* Shakespeare

The day begins to break , and night is fled.

(of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

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Like the crash of thunderbolts.

To change a steady state abruptly.

His coughing broke the silence.

His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.

With the mood broken , what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.

(copulative, informal) To suddenly become.

Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.

The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.

Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

His voice breaks when he gets emotional.

To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

He broke the men's 100-meter record.

I can't believe she broke 3 under par!

The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.

(sports, and, games):

# (tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.

He needs to break serve to win the match.

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# (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.

Is it your or my turn to break ?

# (backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).

To demote, to reduce the military rank of.

* 1953 February 9, “ Books: First Rulers of Asia”, in Time :

And he played no favorites: when his son-in-law sacked a city he had been told to spare, Genghis broke him to private.

* 1968 , , Back Bay (2003), ISBN 978-0-316-52940-2, page 215:

One morning after the budget had failed to balance Finanzminister von Scholz picked up Der Reichsanzeiger and found he had been broken to sergeant.

* 2006 , , Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty , Second Edition, Artisan Books, ISBN 978-1-57965-314-9, page 42:

Not long after this event, Clausen became involved in another disciplinary situation and was broken to private—the only one to win the Medal of Honor in Vietnam.

To end (a connection), to disconnect.

The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.

The referee broke the boxers' clinch.

I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.

(of an emulsion) To demulsify.

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(sports) To counter-attack

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(obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

* Shakespeare

Katharine, break thy mind to me.

To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

* Jonathan Swift

See how the dean begins to break ; / Poor gentleman he droops apace.

(obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

* Francis Bacon

He that puts all upon adventures doth oftentimes break , and come to poverty.

To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

to break flax

To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

* Jonathan Swift

I see a great officer broken .

To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

to break into a run or gallop

(archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.

* Collier

To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "break")

Usage notes

The sense relating to a spell of weather is most likely to be used after a period of persistent good or bad weather; it is rarely used to signify the end of short-lived conditions. In colloquial use, the past participle is sometimes 'broke' instead of 'broken,' as in the expression "."

Synonyms

* burst, bust, shatter, shear, smash, split * crack, fracture * subject, tame * contravene, go against, violate * break down, bust, fail, go down (of a computer or computer network)

Antonyms

* assemble, fix, join, mend, put together, repair * hold

Derived terms

* breakage * break a leg * break apart * break away * break bad * break bread * break down * breaker * break even * break in * break into * break loose * break new ground * break off * break one's fast * break open * break out * break rank * break someone's heart * break stride * break the ice * break through * break up * break wind * icebreaker * make-or-break * outbreak * be on a break

Noun

(en noun)

An instance of breaking something into two pieces.

The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.

A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

The sun came out in a break in the clouds.

He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.

(music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.

The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note.

A rest or pause, usually from work; a breaktime.

Let’s take a five-minute break .

A temporary split (with a romantic partner).

I think we need a break.

An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.

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A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention: big break, lucky break, bad break.

(British, weather) a change; the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather

The beginning (of the morning).

daybreak

at the break of day

An act of escaping.

make a break for it

make a break for the door

It was a clean break .

prison break

(surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).

The final break in the Greenmount area is Kirra Point.

# (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).

# (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards

# (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table

# (soccer) The counter-attack

#* {{quote-news, year=2010

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(dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

A sharp bit or snaffle.

* Gascoigne

Pampered jades which need nor break nor bit.

Usage notes

* (music) The instruments that are named are the ones that carry on playing, for example a (fiddle break) implies that the fiddle is the most prominent instrument playing during the break.

Synonyms

* (instance of breaking something into two pieces) split * (physical space that opens up in something or between two things) breach, gap, space * (sense) time out

Derived terms

* beach break * bio-break * break point * century break * clean break * daybreak * give someone a break * heartbreak * jailbreak * make a break for it * maximum break * point break * take a break

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