different between destruct vs interrupt

destruct

English

Etymology

Back-formation from destruction.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

destruct (third-person singular simple present destructs, present participle destructing, simple past and past participle destructed)

  1. (transitive) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
    Synonym: destroy
  2. (intransitive) To self-destruct.

Translations

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interrupt

English

Alternative forms

  • interrumpt (archaic), interroupt (rare), interrout (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interruptus, from interrumpere (to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt), from inter (between) + rumpere (to break).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??nt????pt/ (verb)
  • (verb)
  • Rhymes: -?pt (verb)
  • IPA(key): /??nt????pt/ (noun)
  • Hyphenation: in?ter?rupt

Verb

interrupt (third-person singular simple present interrupts, present participle interrupting, simple past and past participle interrupted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.
  2. (transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
  3. (transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

Antonyms

  • continue
  • resume

Related terms

  • interruptee
  • interrupter
  • interruption
  • abrupt
  • corrupt
  • disrupt

Translations

Noun

interrupt (plural interrupts)

  1. (computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • interrupt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • interrupt in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • interrupt at OneLook Dictionary Search

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