Break and Edge

Break

Break noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

Edge and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Edge" instead a noun "Break".

Edge

Edge noun - The more favorable condition or position in a competition.
Usage example: my big feet give me something of an edge in swimming

Break and edge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a noun "Edge".

Nearby Words: edgy, edged, edging

How words are described

certain certain break certain edge
true true break true edge
single single break single edge
nasty nasty break nasty edge
Other adjectives: small, entire, real, massive, serious, huge, little, slight, needed, new, major, mental, psychological, possible.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Roseanne It's enough to push Jackie over the edge and break down.
  • In the original Soul Edge/Soul Blade Fighting Game, it was possible to break a character's weapon if it had to block too much damage, or if you used a certain special move.
  • She's hard and sharp as flint, but that's because she likes to test people; as Tiffany Aching notes in A Hat Full of Sky, witches do their hardest work on "the edge" (between life and death, right and wrong, and so on), and "the edge is no place for people to break."
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