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Breaking vs Wreaking - What's the difference?

breaking | wreaking |

As verbs the difference between breaking and wreaking

is that breaking is while wreaking is .

As nouns the difference between breaking and wreaking

is that breaking is the act by which something is broken while wreaking is the act by which something is wreaked.

breaking

English

(wikipedia breaking)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The act by which something is broken.
  • * 2009 , John Renard, Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation (page 53)
    • We, on the other hand, do not reject the occurrence of breakings of the natural order of things that occur in connection with a prescribed proclamation
  • (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong
  • (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones
  • break dancing
  • * 2014 , Karen Schupp, Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond (page 48)
    • The urban dance genre includes breaking , waacking, and house dancing, among others.

    Derived terms

    * aerobreaking

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    wreaking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is wreaked.
    • the wreakings of revenge
    wreakings of the vengeance of a wrathful God against His own creatures