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Discontinued vs Defunct - What's the difference?

discontinued | defunct |

As adjectives the difference between discontinued and defunct

is that discontinued is permanently no longer available or in production while defunct is deceased, dead.

As verbs the difference between discontinued and defunct

is that discontinued is (discontinue) while defunct is to make defunct.

As a noun defunct is

the dead person (referred to).

discontinued

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Permanently no longer available or in production.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (discontinue)
    • This software line has been discontinued .

    defunct

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deceased, dead.
  • * Shakespeare
    • defunct organs
  • * Byron
    • The boar, defunct , lay tripped up, near.
  • No longer in use, inactive.
  • (computing) Specifically, of a program: that has terminated but is still shown in the list of processes because the parent process that created it is still running and has not yet reaped it. See also zombie, zombie process.
  • (business) No longer in business or service.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make defunct.

    • Noun

  • The dead person (referred to).
  • * 1817 September , in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine , volume 1, page 617:

    • Related terms

    * function * bankrupt