Bother vs Interrupt - What's the difference? | WikiDiff

is that bother is to annoy, to disturb, to irritate while interrupt is to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action by interfering suddenly. What'sthedifferencebetweenand  BothervsInterrupt-What'sthedifference? bother|interrupt| Asverbsthedifferencebetweenbotherandinterruptisthatbotheristoannoy,todisturb,toirritatewhileinterruptistodisturborhaltanongoingprocessoractionbyinterferingsuddenly.Asnounsthedifferencebetweenbotherandinterruptisthatbotherisfuss,adowhileinterruptis(computing)aneventthatcausesacomputertotemporarilyceasewhatitwasdoingandattendtoacondition.Asaninterjectionbotherisamildexpressionofannoyance. OtherComparisons:What'sthedifference? InterruptionvsBother botherEnglish Verb (enverb) Toannoy,todisturb,toirritate. WoulditbotheryouifIsmoked? Tofeelcareoranxiety;tomakeortaketrouble;tobetroublesome. WhydoIevenbothertotry? *HenryJames withoutbotheringaboutit Todosomethingwhichisofnegligibleinconvenience. Youdidn'tevenbothertoclosethedoor. Synonyms *(annoy,disturb):annoy,disturb,irritate,putout,vex *Seealso Usagenotes *Thisisacatenativeverbthattakesthetoinfinitive''orthe''gerund(-ing).See Noun Fuss,ado. Therewasabitofbotheratthehairdresser'swhentheycouldn'tfindmyappointmentinthebook. *'>citation Trouble,inconvenience. Yes,Icandothatforyou-it'snobother. Interjection Amildexpressionofannoyance. *1926,AAMilne,WinniethePooh'',Methuen&Co.,Ltd.,Chapter2''...inwhichPoohgoesvisitingandgetsintoatightplace: "Oh,help!"saidPooh."I'dbettergoback." "Oh,bother!"saidPooh."Ishallhavetogoon." "Ican'tdoeither!"saidPooh."Oh,helpandbother!" Synonyms *blast,dang(US),darn Relatedterms *bebothered *bothered *bothersome Englishcontrolverbs interruptEnglish Verb (enverb) Todisturborhaltanongoingprocessoractionbyinterferingsuddenly. *Shakespeare Donotinterruptmeinmycourse. *,chapter=3 ,title=TheMirrorandtheLamp ,passage=Onesaint'sdayinmid-termacertainnewlyappointedsuffragan-bishopcametotheschoolchapel,andtherepreachedon“TheInnerLife.” Heatoncesecuredattentionbyhisinformalmethod,andwhenpresentlythecoughingofJarvis[…]interruptedthesermon,healtogethercaptivatedhisaudiencewitharemarkaboutcoughlozengesbeingcheapandeasilyprocurable.}} Todivide;toseparate;tobreakthemonotonyof. Theevennessoftheroadwasnotinterruptedbyasinglehill. (computing)Toasserttoacomputerthatanexceptionalconditionmustbehandled. Antonyms *continue *resume Relatedterms *interrupter *interruption Noun (wikipediainterrupt) (ennoun) (computing)Aneventthatcausesacomputertotemporarilyceasewhatitwasdoingandattendtoacondition Theinterruptcausedthepackethandlerroutinetorun. Derivedterms *hardwareinterrupt *interrupthandler *non-maskableinterrupt,NMI *softwareinterrupt Externallinks * * * Englishreportingverbs