Violation vs. Breach

Violation vs. Breach — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Violation and Breach

Violationnoun

The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.

Breachnoun

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence

Violationnoun

An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.

Breachnoun

A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.

Violationnoun

Rape.

Breachnoun

A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves

A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.
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Violationnoun

a crime less serious than a felony

Breachnoun

A breaking out upon; an assault.

Violationnoun

an act that disregards an agreement or a right;

he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment

Breachnoun

(archaic) A bruise; a wound.

Violationnoun

entry to another's property without right or permission

Breachnoun

(archaic) A hernia; a rupture.

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Violationnoun

a disrespectful act

Breachnoun

(legal) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment

breach of promise

Violationnoun

the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will

Breachnoun

(figurative) A difference in opinions, social class etc.

Breachnoun

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

Breachverb

(transitive) To make a breach in.

They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.

Breachverb

(transitive) To violate or break.

Breachverb

To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

Breachverb

To leap clear out of the water.

Breachnoun

a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

Breachnoun

an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

Breachnoun

a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);

they hoped to avoid a break in relations

Breachverb

act in disregard of laws and rules;

offend all laws of humanityviolate the basic laws or human civilizationbreak a law

Breachverb

make an opening or gap in