Difference between Troubled and Disruptive

What is the difference between Troubled and Disruptive?

Troubled as an adjective is anxious, worried, careworn while Disruptive as an adjective is causing disrupt or unrest.

Troubled

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: anxious, worried, careworn

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).

Example sentence: Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

Disruptive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Causing disrupt or unrest.

Example sentence: While cyber espionage is having a tremendous negative affect on the global economy from the theft-caused drain of intellectual property and the resulting adverse incentives for continued investments in innovative growth, the threat from destructive and disruptive attacks is amplifying the risks even further.

We hope you now know whether to use Troubled or Disruptive in your sentence.

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