Interrupted vs. Disturbed — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Interrupted and Disturbed
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Definitions
Interrupted➦
To break the continuity or uniformity of
Rain interrupted our baseball game.
Disturbed➦
Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function
Disturbed soil.
Interrupted➦
To stop (someone engaged in an activity) by saying or doing something
The baby interrupted me while I was on the phone.
Disturbed➦
Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled
Taught disturbed children.
Sent disturbed messages.
Interrupted➦
To cause an activity to stop by saying or doing something.
Disturbed➦
Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
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Interrupted➦
A signal to a computer that stops the execution of a running program so that another action can be performed.
Disturbed➦
Extremely alarmed; shocked.
Interrupted➦
A circuit that conveys a signal stopping the execution of a running program.
Disturbed➦
Simple past tense and past participle of disturb
Interrupted➦
Simple past tense and past participle of interrupt
Disturbed➦
Having the place or position changed;
The disturbed books and papers on her desk
Disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
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Interrupted➦
Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
Disturbed➦
Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
Too upset to say anything
Spent many disquieted moments
Distressed about her son's leaving home
Lapsed into disturbed sleep
Worried parents
A worried frown
One last worried check of the sleeping children
Interrupted➦
Irregular; - said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
Disturbed➦
Emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
Interrupted➦
Discontinued temporarily;
We resumed the interrupted discussion
Disturbed➦
Lacking order or stability;
These unsettled times
Interrupted➦
Intermittently stopping and starting;
Fitful (or interrupted) sleep
Off-and-on static
Disturbed➦
Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad