Disruptive vs Destructive - What's the difference?
disruptive | destructive |
Causing disruption or unrest.
Causing major change, as in a market.
* 2005 , Karl D. Schubert, CIO Survival Guide (page 222)
Causing destruction; damaging.
* {{quote-news
, year=2013
, date=February 14
, author=Scott Tobias
, title=Film: Reviews: A Good Day To Die Hard
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Causing breakdown or disassembly.
As adjectives the difference between disruptive and destructive
is that disruptive is causing disruption or unrest while destructive is causing destruction; damaging.disruptive
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(en adjective)- Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.
- companies tend to lose their leadership positions to companies that enter the market with a disruptive technology or market change.
destructive
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- Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy.