Beat and Break

Beat

Beat verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: she always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess

Break is a synonym for beat in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Break" instead the word "Beat" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like smash, pound, batter, injure by striking.

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Break

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

Beat is a synonym for break in smash topic. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead the word "Break" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as pound, crash, deed, exceed.

How words are described

good good beat good break
nice nice beat nice break
best best beat best break
long long beat long break
Other adjectives: short, standard, single, brutal, actual, severe, serious, huge, cool, little, quick, main, major, dramatic, next, last, occasional.

Common collocations

arm beat arm break arm
character beat character break character
people beat people break people
system beat system break system
Other words: time, way, record, game, story, times.
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