different between irruption vs inbreak

English

Etymology

From Middle French irruption, from Latin irruptio.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p??n

Noun

irruption (countable and uncountable, plural irruptions)

1. The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.

   The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.

2. (ecology) An abrupt increase of an animal population.

   Extreme rainfall events predict irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia.

3. (by extension) An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.

   How can we explain this irruption of young people self-identifying as socialists?

Translations

Anagrams

• prurition

French

Etymology

From Latin irruptio. Cognate with Spanish irrupción, Catalan irrupció, Portuguese irrupção, Italian irruzione.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.?yp.sj??/

Noun

irruption f (plural irruptions)

1. outbreak (an eruption, sudden appearance)
2. irruption

Derived terms

• faire irruption

Further reading

• “irruption” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English *inbreken, from Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), equivalent to in- +? break. Cognate with Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), German einbrechen (“to break in”).

Verb

inbreak (third-person singular simple present inbreaks, present participle inbreaking, simple past inbroke, past participle inbroken)

1. (transitive) To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
   • 2003, John S. McClure, The Four Codes of Preaching:

     Its role is various: to make a claim on, to encounter, to confront, to shake, to inbreak, to erupt, to disrupt, and to disclose.

   • 2004, William McCloskey, Raiders:

     "You come back to inbreak again, or you bring kids to do it for you?"

   • 2007, Sarah McFarland Taylor, Green sisters:

     Our deepest longing lies wholeheartedly in our single hearted desire for God, in following Jesus, Icon of Wisdom Sophia as he continues to INBREAK [meaning “insert itself”] in our time and in giving ourselves unconditionally for healing of the Earth.

Derived terms

• inbreaking

Noun

inbreak (plural inbreaks)

1. A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption.

Translations

Anagrams

• break in, break-in, breakin'