occurrence vs interruption

interruption vs occurrence

occurrence and interruption both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
occurrence	Yes	No	No	No
interruption	Yes	No	No	No

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

occurrence: an event that happens
interruption: some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

Other hyponyms of occurrence include accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant, avalanche, experience, trouble, treat, miracle, marvel, wonder, thing, episode, contingence, contingency, eventuality, beginning, conclusion, ending, finish, one-off, periodic event, recurrent event, alteration, change, modification, computer error, error, accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke, fire, incident, discharge, case, example, instance, motion, movement, failure, success, appearance, destiny, fate, disappearance, disappearance, contact, impinging, striking, finish, collapse, break, sound, union, news event, flash, convergence, juncture, occasion, burst, flare-up, outburst, eruption, irruption, outbreak, black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback, bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall, collapse, crash, supervention.

occurrence (noun)	interruption (noun)
an event that happens	an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
an instance of something occurring	some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
	a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Difference between occurrence and interruption

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