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Disrupt vs Deteriorate - What's the difference?

disrupt | deteriorate |

In lang=en terms the difference between disrupt and deteriorate

is that disrupt is to interrupt or impede while deteriorate is to grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

As verbs the difference between disrupt and deteriorate

is that disrupt is to throw into confusion or disorder while deteriorate is to make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

As an adjective disrupt

is (obsolete) torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

disrupt

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To throw into confusion or disorder.
  • To interrupt or impede.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
  • To improve a product or service in ways that displaces an established one and surprises the market.
  • The internet makes it easier for leaner businesses to disrupt the larger and more unwieldy ones.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
  • deteriorate

    English

    Verb

    (deteriorat)
  • To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
  • to deteriorate the mind
  • * Southey
  • The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone excepted, was greatly deteriorated during those years of general degradation
  • To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 8 , author=Paul Fletcher , title=Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=It was turning into an abysmal afternoon for Newcastle and it deteriorated further when Tiote saw red for his challenge on Jon Ashton. }}

    Synonyms

    * worsen

    Antonyms

    * ameliorate * better * improve