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1 Nov 2009 — Breaking How do breaking and broken differ in meaning? Click each option to read the feedback as more than one option may be correct.
1.	They differ in tense: breaking (present) and broken (past). News is breaking: a cable that broke stops evening traffic on the Bay Bridge.	Feedback 1
2.	They differ in word for word meaning: expression vs. literal meaning. Breaking news (expression) : a broken cable (literal or word-for-word meaning)	Feedback 2
3.	They are both descriptive (adjectives) but differ in states of completion: ongoing and completed Breaking (ongoing) news: a broken (completed) cable stops evening traffic on the Bay Bridge.	Feedback 3
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