different between disrupt vs interruption

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disruptus, from disrumpere, commonly dirumpere (“to break or burst asunder”), from dis-, di- (“apart, asunder”) + rumpere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???pt/, /d?z???pt/, /d?z???pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt

Verb

disrupt (third-person singular simple present disrupts, present participle disrupting, simple past and past participle disrupted)

1. (transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.

2. (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
3. (transitive) To improve a product or service in ways that displace an established one and surprise the market.

Related terms

• disruptable, disruptible
• disruption
• disruptive

Translations

Adjective

disrupt (comparative more disrupt, superlative most disrupt)

1. (obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• prudist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French interrupcion, from Latin interruptio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt????p??n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n

Noun

interruption (countable and uncountable, plural interruptions)

1. The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
2. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.

Synonyms

• (time interval): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

Translations

See also

• dead air

French

Etymology

From Old French interrupcion, borrowed from Latin interruptio, interruptionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?.?yp.sj??/

Noun

interruption f (plural interruptions)

1. interruption

Related terms

• interrompre