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Irrupt vs Invade - What's the difference?

irrupt | invade |

In lang=en terms the difference between irrupt and invade

is that irrupt is to rapidly increase or intensify while invade is to infest or overrun.

As verbs the difference between irrupt and invade

is that irrupt is to break into while invade is to move into.

irrupt

English

Verb

  • To break into.
  • To enter forcibly or uninvited.
  • To rapidly increase or intensify.

    • Related terms

    * irruption

    Derived terms

    * irruptive

    invade

    English

    Verb

    (invad)
  • To move into.
    • Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
  • * Spenser
    • Which becomes a body, and doth then invade / The state of life, out of the grisly shade.
  • To enter by force in order to conquer.
    • Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=When a typical gaffe has him invading the Beagle and trying to rob Charles Darwin (David Tennant), he learns that his beloved “parrot” Polly is actually a dodo bird. }}
  • To infest or overrun.
    • The picnic was invaded by ants.
  • To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
    • The king invaded the rights of the people.

    Related terms

    * invader * invasion * invasive