Is it 'brake' or 'break'?

Since we all know that the answers are not taken seriously unless they come in sets of five, let me add my voice to this ....

It's "brake"...in case you're didn't see the first answer, or the second, or the third, or even the fourth one...;)
 
9:00am, Brake time


We most obviously all have way too much time on our hands.

So I will Brake Open this whole subject by taking a Brake from my work and Brake into the world wide net. Doing so, I got a Brake and found this picture.

Oh it's Brake time. Think I will Brake open my lunch bag and have a snack.

Regards
Robert

P.S. This is a BRAKE
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Boomer, it is now quite obvious that you are correct. The only def'n for 'brake' is about slowing vehicles or machines. Break on the other hand, has about a dozen different applications, including your 'reducing of force'.

So,

From here on, for once and for all time, it is decided that the 'muzzle blast porting thingie' shall hereby be referred to as a muzzle BREAK.

Any deviation from this convention, shall be subject to the ridicule and harassment reserved for those who say 'clip' instead of 'magazine'.

So it is written. So it shall be.

But 'muzzle blast porting thingie' is still acceptable, as always.
 
Google Image Search; "Muzzle Brake"
Google Image Search; "Muzzle Break"

MSN Encarta Dictionary, definition of "brake"
MSN Encarta Dictonary, definition of "break"

Both seem to be a widely accepted/interchangeable spelling, at least in reference to firearms, even though they mean completely different things. I think "brake" describes the device better, since a brake is defined as "a mechanism that diminishes or prevents the motion of another device" according to my dictionary :D The word "break" seems, to me, too loose a definition and has too many synonyms that have nothing to do with reducing or lessening of anything (synonyms for "break" vs. synonyms for "brake").

Personally, in order to avoid confusion (and ridicule, heh heh :cool:), I'm going to call it something completely different every time :D It could be described any number of ways, I mean it could be a recoil reducer, a recoil retarder, a muzzle blast deflector, a muzzle blast distributor, a recoil eliminator (JP Precision calls their ultimate muzzle brake a recoil eliminator), a propulsion gas deflection port, etc. etc. I recommend everyone do the same thing, just so that we all know what each other is talking about, since there's WAY too much confusion over which word is correct :D
 
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