disjuncture
Gap between parts
Disjuncture is a disconnect or lack of fit between things that might be expected to align.
The word emphasizes the gap itself: a disjuncture between policy and practice, the disjuncture between what politicians say and what they do.
It's more formal than disconnect and suggests a sharper break than mismatch.
Violent tearing apart
- breachBreaking of agreement
- breakInterrupt continuity
- gapUnfilled space between
- hiatusBreak in activity
interruption · disruption · disconnection · severance · fracture · fissure · cleft · rift
Formal organizational fracture
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- separationState of being apart
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
split · division · parting · branching · fork · deviation · departure · differentiation
Lack of harmony
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- incompatibilityUnable to function together
contradiction · dissonance · discord · tension · conflict · clash · misalignment · asymmetry
Movement or work period
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
- passageSegment of text
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
- watershedDrainage area boundary
threshold · transformation · upheaval · realignment · reconfiguration · reorientation · dislocation · displacement
rupture
Violent tearing apart
hiatus · interruption · disruption · disconnection · severance · fracture · fissure · cleft · rift · chasm
schism
Formal organizational fracture
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- separationState of being apart
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
bifurcation · split · division · parting · branching · fork · deviation · departure · differentiation · decoupling
incongruity
Lack of harmony
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
incompatibility · contradiction · dissonance · discord · tension · conflict · clash · misalignment · asymmetry · imbalance
shift
Movement or work period
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
- passageSegment of text
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
watershed · threshold · transformation · upheaval · realignment · reconfiguration · reorientation · dislocation · displacement · restructuring
disjunctureconnection
A joining or relation
junction · union · juncture · linkage · attachment
disjuncturecoherence
Logical internal consistency
unity · continuity · cohesion · integration · consistency
disjuncturecontinuity
Uninterrupted progression or coherence
seamlessness · continuum · smooth transition · progression · flow
junction, adjunct, conjunction, juncture, injunction, disjoin, disjunction, disjunct, disjunctive