break session vs breakout session

Both 'break session' and 'breakout session' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Break session' refers to a pause or interruption during a meeting or event, while 'breakout session' specifically refers to a smaller group session that is part of a larger event or conference.

Last updated: March 26, 2024

break session

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a pause or interruption during a meeting or event.

This phrase is used to indicate a temporary stop or pause during a session, meeting, or event.

Examples:

Let's take a break session before we continue with the next topic.
The break session will last for 15 minutes.

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Interrogation of Col.Ryszard Kuklinski continued after a technical break, Session 11.
It is important to mention that in 1998 there was a decrease of 48% in the number of break-out sessions for new applications compared to the period 1995 to 1997.
Hate to break up the skull session.
Sometimes even painful sessions can break the log jam.
The MRFG reviewed the protocol for the handling of break-out sessions in order to improve the outcome of these meetings for clarification of serious public health concerns.
The test is three one hour sessions with seven minute bathroom breaks between each.
After the summer break, MEPs return to a packed agenda in the first of two September plenary sessions in Strasbourg.
We'll give you four separate scenarios in 3 30-minute sessions, 10-minute breaks in between.
When I begin the session, no matter what happens, please don't break the circle.
The last plenary session before the summer break starts with a debate on the Equitable Life crisis.
The first Plenary session after the summer break saw MEPs reconvene with a debate on the recent forest fires in Greece.
I just thought you might want a break from the grief counseling session.
I just thought you might want a break from the grief counseling session.
Mr. Weiss is in a closed session, but they're expecting to break shortly.
When I begin the session, no matter what happens, please don't break the circle.
Didn't spend months struggling to break through the veil just to get stuck listening to Dean Winchester having a self-pity session.
Hate to break up the career counseling session, but where's the pickup?
About a month ago, Wadlow started leaving me inappropriate messages, and he wasn't respecting boundaries during our sessions, so I made him take a break and restricted him to once a week, during daytime hours.
During the last part-session in Strasbourg the Council representative gave a personal undertaking to make new efforts within the Council to break the deadlock in the adoption procedures that are currently blocked.
This has been a session marked by guffaws, cheap theatrics and other affectations used by the defendants in an attempt to break up these proceedings

Alternatives:

intermission
pause
interval
recess
time-out

breakout session

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a smaller group session within a larger event or conference.

'Breakout session' is used to describe a smaller group session that is held separately from the main event or conference.