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Disrupt vs Intercept - What's the difference?

disrupt | intercept |

In transitive terms the difference between disrupt and intercept

is that disrupt is to interrupt or impede while intercept is to stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).

As an adjective disrupt

is torn off or torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

As a noun intercept is

an interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.

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.

    Related terms

    * disruptable, disruptible * disruption * disruptive

    Adjective

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

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    intercept

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.
  • (senseid)An interception of a missile.
  • (algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.
  • *2012 , Alice Kaseberg, Greg Cripe, Peter Wildman, Introductory Algebra: Everyday Explorations , page 278
  • *:Because the horizontal-axis intercept' occurs when y=0 and the vertical-axis '''intercept''' occurs when x=0, we can find the ' intercepts algebraically.

    • See also

    * (an interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call) bug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
    • The police intercepted the package of stolen goods while it was in transit.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , ...and made every vein of my body circulate liquid fires: the emotion grew so violent that it almost intercepted my respiration.}}
  • (sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.