Disruption vs Interference - What's the difference?
disruption | interference |
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.
The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
(sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
(physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as a distortion on a broadcast signal due to atmospheric or other effects.
(US, legal) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of multiple patent applications; a priority contest.
(chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
As nouns the difference between disruption and interference
is that disruption is an interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something while interference is the act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.disruption
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(wikipedia disruption)Noun
(en noun)interference
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(wikipedia interference)Noun
- They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference .
- They wanted to watch the game on TV, but there was too much interference to even make out the score on the tiny screen.