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Disorganized vs Disjointed - What's the difference?

disorganized | disjointed |

As adjectives the difference between disorganized and disjointed

is that disorganized is lacking order or organization; confused; chaotic while disjointed is not connected, coherent, or continuous.

As a verb disorganized

is past tense of disorganize.

disorganized

English

Alternative forms

* disorganised

Verb

(head)
  • (disorganize)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking order or organization; confused; chaotic.

    • Related terms

    * unorganized

    disjointed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (figuratively) Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
    • The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England can look forward to a quarter-final next weekend against a similarly struggling France, a reward they scarcely deserve on the evidence of this disjointed display.}}