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Rupture vs Violation - What's the difference?

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Rupture is a related term of violation.


As nouns the difference between rupture and violation

is that rupture is a burst, split, or break while violation is the act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

As a verb rupture

is (intransitive) to burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.

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

    *

    violation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
  • # An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
  • # Rape.
  • Synonyms

    * transgression * desecration See breach.

    Antonyms

    * compliance * obedience

    Anagrams

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