different between rupture vs infraction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin rupt?ra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin rupt?ra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???pt??/

Noun

rupture (countable and uncountable, plural ruptures)

1. A burst, split, or break.
2. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
   • 1825, Edward Everett, Claims of the United States on Naples and Holland

     He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.

   • 1761, The Modern Part of an Universal History

     Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture.

3. (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
4. (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.

Translations

Verb

rupture (third-person singular simple present ruptures, present participle rupturing, simple past and past participle ruptured)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
2. (botany, intransitive) To dehisce irregularly.

Translations

See also

• Rupture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• rupture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rupture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• rupture at OneLook Dictionary Search

Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *Hrewp-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yp.ty?/
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

rupture f (plural ruptures)

1. breakup, rupture

Derived terms

• en rupture de ban

Verb

rupture

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Latin

Participle

rupt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of rupt?rus

English

Etymology

From Middle French infraction, from Latin infractio, from infractum, past participle of infringere, from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?f?ak??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?f?æk??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

infraction (plural infractions)

1. (law) A minor offence, petty crime
2. a violation; breach
3. (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.

Related terms

• infringe
• infringement

Translations

See also

• infarction

Further reading

• infraction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• infraction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• infraction at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• infarction

French

Etymology

From Latin infractio

Pronunciation

Noun

infraction f (plural infractions)

1. offense (US), departure
2. infringement, infraction

Descendants

• ? Romanian: infrac?iune

Further reading

• “infraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).