different between outage vs disruption

English

Etymology

From out +? -age, on the model of shortage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?t?d??/
• Hyphenation: out?age

Noun

outage (plural outages)

1. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.
2. The amount of something lost in storage or transportation.

Translations

See also

• blackout
• brownout
• dropout
• power cut

Anagrams

• age out

English

Etymology

From Latin disruptionem, from disrumpere.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

disruption (countable and uncountable, plural disruptions)

1. An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.

   The network created a disruption in the show when they broke in with a newscast.

2. A continuing act of disorder.

   There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.

3. A breaking or bursting apart; a breach.

Related terms

• disrupt
• disruptive

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Disruption of 1843 (in the Church of Scotland)

French

Pronunciation

Noun

disruption f (plural disruptions)

1. break; fracture