Break-Brake | Commonly Confused Words

Break

/breɪk/

To cause something to separate into parts suddenly or forcibly.

Then Helen broke it with her little-girl voice.There was a crash of breaking glass.It can't be broken.'

/breɪk/

A device used to slow down or stop a moving vehicle.

Break relates to the act of destroying or damaging something into pieces.
Brake is typically associated with stopping or slowing down a moving object, like a vehicle.
You can remember break as something you might do accidentally, like break a vase.
Think of brake as the tool you use to make your bicycle slow down.
Break can also be used in a non-physical sense, like taking a break at work.