The difference between Abrupt and Disconnected
When used as adjectives, abrupt means broken away (from restraint), whereas disconnected means that is no longer connected.
Abrupt is also noun with the meaning: something which is abrupt.
Abrupt is also verb with the meaning: to tear off or asunder.
check bellow for the other definitions of Abrupt and Disconnected
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Abrupt as an adjective (obsolete, rare):
Broken away (from restraint).
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Abrupt as an adjective:
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
Examples:
"The party came to an abrupt end when the parents of our host arrived."
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Abrupt as an adjective:
Curt in manner.
Examples:
"synonyms: brusque rude unciviimpolite"
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Abrupt as an adjective:
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
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Abrupt as an adjective (obsolete):
Broken off.
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Abrupt as an adjective:
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
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Abrupt as an adjective (botany):
Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
Examples:
"rfquotek en"
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Abrupt as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To tear off or asunder.
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Abrupt as a verb:
To interrupt suddenly.
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Abrupt as a noun (poetic):
Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
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Disconnected as a verb:
Examples:
"The phone company disconnected my DSL."
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Disconnected as an adjective:
That is no longer connected.
Examples:
"There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone."
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Disconnected as an adjective:
Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
Examples:
"I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world."
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Disconnected as an adjective:
Incoherent; disjointed.
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Disconnected as an adjective (mathematics, of a [[topological space]]):
That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.