The word "broke" is the past tense form of the verb "break," while "broken" is the past participle form. "Broke" is used to describe an action that happened in the past, while "broken" is used to describe the result of that action. For example, "I broke my phone" means that the action of breaking the phone happened in the past, while "My phone is broken" means that the phone is currently in a state of being broken as a result of that action.