different between interruption vs distraction

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French distraction, from Latin distractio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?t?æk?(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?t?æk??n/, /d?-/
• Rhymes: -æk??n
• Hyphenation: dis?tract?ion

Noun

distraction (countable and uncountable, plural distractions)

1. Something that distracts.

2. The process of being distracted.

3. Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
   • 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):

     It's true that the Copernican Systeme introduceth distraction in the universe of Aristotle.

4. Mental disorder; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
   • 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory

     […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.

5. (medicine, archaic) Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.

Derived terms

• distracter
• distractee

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “distraction”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• adstriction

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distracti?, distracti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.t?ak.sj??/

Noun

distraction f (plural distractions)

1. distraction
2. entertainment

Related terms

• distraire

Further reading

• “distraction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).