different between disrupt vs unhorse

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

From Middle English unhorsen, equivalent to un- +? horse.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Verb

unhorse (third-person singular simple present unhorses, present participle unhorsing, simple past and past participle unhorsed)

1. To forcibly remove from a horse.

   The knight was unhorsed when his opponent's lance struck his shield.

2. (by extension) To disrupt or unseat; to remove from a position.

   The incumbent governor was unhorsed by the scandal that broke during his reelection campaign.

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