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Rupture vs Ceasing - What's the difference?

rupture | ceasing |

As nouns the difference between rupture and ceasing

is that rupture is a burst, split, or break while ceasing is a cessation.

As verbs the difference between rupture and ceasing

is that rupture is to burst, break through, or split, as under pressure while ceasing is present participle of lang=en.

rupture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A burst, split, or break.
  • * Milton
  • Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture , forth disclosed / Their callow young.
  • A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
  • * E. Everett
  • He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
  • (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
  • (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
  • Verb

    (ruptur)
  • (intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
  • See also

    *

    ceasing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a cessation
  • Verb

    (head)