different between breakdown vs study

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase break down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?e?kda?n/

Noun

breakdown (countable and uncountable, plural breakdowns)

1. A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed

2. A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability

3. Listing, division or categorization in great detail

4. (film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
5. (chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
6. (physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
7. A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
   • 1992, En Vogue, My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (song)

     And now it's time for a breakdown!

   • 1999, CMJ New Music Report (volume 59, number 631, page 28)

     The fired-up foursome takes itself very seriously, singing politically charged lyrics, which, in the tradition of Strife and Damnation AD, are strategically placed in the middle of slamming, moshable breakdowns.

8. (sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
9. (US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music.
10. (US, dated) Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
    • 1854, New England Tales

      Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over, for we are going to have a breakdown to wind up with.

11. (US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.

    "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"

    • 1893, Mark Twain "The Californian's Tale", in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906)

      Towards nine the three miners said that as they had brought their instruments they might as well tune up, for the boys and girls would soon be arriving now, and hungry for a good old fashioned breakdown. A fiddle, a banjo, and a clarinet - these were the instruments.
12. (music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.

Synonyms

• (musical technique): degradation

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• break it down

References

• (The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.) 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 694.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Etymology 1

From Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier) from Medieval Latin studi?re and Latin stud?re, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan.

Verb

study (third-person singular simple present studies, present participle studying, simple past and past participle studied)

1. (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

2. (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.

3. To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.

4. To look at minutely.

5. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
   • July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry

     I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.

6. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

   • And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• con
• elucubrate
• research
• revise
• swot

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Doublet of studio.

Noun

study (countable and uncountable, plural studies)

1. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

   • 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations

     Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
2. The act of studying or examining; examination.
3. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
   • 1762, Edmund Law, An extract from A serious call to a devout and holy life

     The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study.
5. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

   • his cheery little study

6. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

7. The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.

8. (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.
9. (academic) An academic publication.

10. One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
11. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
12. (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

Synonyms

• (private male room): cabinet, closet (archaic)

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:study

Coordinate terms

• (private male room): boudoir (female equivalent)

Derived terms

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References

Anagrams

• Dusty, Dutys, Duyst, dusty