Break
Break verb - Vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity.
Usage example: The flat plain was broken by tall mesas
Vary
Vary verb - To be unlike; to not be the same.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Musicians have borrowed "break a leg", and sometimes vary it into "break a string" or "break a reed", as applicable.
Source: The Scottish Trope - Whether or not they are are able to break free of their programming (or at least, soon enough for it to matter) will vary from story to story.
Source: Manchurian Agent -
Her fandom portrayals vary from a quiet daydreamer girl to a highly intelligent but shy young woman who wants to break out of her shell.
Source: Heroic Albino
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Vary and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/vary
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