Rupture vs Infraction - What's the difference?
rupture | infraction | Related terms |
A burst, split, or break.
* Milton
A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
* E. Everett
(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.
(intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
(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.
Rupture is a related term of infraction.
As nouns the difference between rupture and infraction
is that rupture is a burst, split, or break while infraction is (legal) a minor offence, petty crime.As a verb rupture
is (intransitive) to burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.rupture
English
Noun
(en noun)- Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture , forth disclosed / Their callow young.
- He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
