Disruption vs. Interruption — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disruption and Interruption
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Disruption
To throw into confusion or disorder
Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech.
Interruption
To break the continuity or uniformity of
Rain interrupted our baseball game.
Disruption
To interrupt or impede the progress of
Our efforts in the garden were disrupted by an early frost. The noise disrupted my nap.
Interruption
To stop (someone engaged in an activity) by saying or doing something
The baby interrupted me while I was on the phone.
Disruption
To break apart or alter so as to prevent normal or expected functioning
Radiation that disrupts DNA and kills bacteria.
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Interruption
To cause an activity to stop by saying or doing something.
Disruption
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
The network created a disruption in the show when they broke in with a newscast.
Interruption
A signal to a computer that stops the execution of a running program so that another action can be performed.
Disruption
A continuing act of disorder.
There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.
Interruption
A circuit that conveys a signal stopping the execution of a running program.
Disruption
A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.
Interruption
The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
Disruption
The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.
Interruption
A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.
Disruption
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
It was presented without commercial breaks
Interruption
The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
Disruption
A disorderly outburst or tumult;
They were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
Interruption
The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.
Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part.
Disruption
An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
Interruption
Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
Disruption
The act of causing disorder
Interruption
Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
Interruption
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
It was presented without commercial breaks
Interruption
Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts;
The telephone is an annoying interruption
There was a break in the action when a player was hurt
Interruption
A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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