Break up
Break up verb - To come to an end.
Usage example: the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed
End
End verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Usage example: unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other
Break up is a synonym for end in bring to an end topic. Sometimes you can use "Break up" instead a verb "End".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Drowning My Sorrows: Dennis gets drunk after he decides that he won't break up the Willises' marriage and end his affair with Barbara instead.
Source: Film / Red Dust -
They became a couple close to the end of Half-Blood Prince and still break up before the end.
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California Dreams did this by having the entire band break up at the end of high school to go off to different parts of the country (and one to Europe) to end the show.
Source: Grand Finale
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