disruption vs breakdown

breakdown vs disruption

disruption and breakdown both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disruption	Yes	No	No	No
breakdown	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, breakdown is a hyponym of disruption; that is, breakdown is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disruption:

disruption: the act of causing disorder
breakdown: the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

Other hyponyms of disruption include dislocation, surprisal, surprise.

disruption (noun)	breakdown (noun)
the act of causing disorder	the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity	an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity	a cessation of normal operation
a disorderly outburst or tumult	(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
	(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
	a mental or physical breakdown

Difference between disruption and breakdown

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