Disruption vs Contention - What's the difference?
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An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
* The network created a disruption in the show when they broke in with a newscast.
A continuing act of disorder
* There was great disruption in the classroom when the teacher left.
struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
(computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
As nouns the difference between disruption and contention
is that disruption is an interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.disruption
English
(wikipedia disruption)Noun
(en noun)contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.