upheaval vs disruption

upheaval and disruption both are nouns.

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

As nouns, disruption is a hypernym of upheaval; that is, disruption is a word with a broader meaning than upheaval:

Other hypernyms of upheaval include commotion, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do.

upheaval (noun)	disruption (noun)
disturbance usually in protest	the act of causing disorder
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)	an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)	an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
a violent disturbance	a disorderly outburst or tumult