different between anxiety vs disturbance

English

Etymology

From Latin anxiet?s, from anxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from ang? (“to distress, trouble”), akin to Ancient Greek ???? (ánkh?, “to choke”). See anger; angst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?(?)?za?.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -a??ti

Noun

anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural anxieties)

1. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 268a.

     But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.

2. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
3. (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

Synonyms

• care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress

Related terms

Derived terms

• hangxiety

Translations

Further reading

• anxiety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• anxiety in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• disturbaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English disturbaunce, from Old French destorbance, destourbance, from destourber (“disturb”), from Latin disturb?. Surface analysis disturb +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??st??bn?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??st?bn?s/
• Hyphenation: dis?tur?bance

Noun

disturbance (countable and uncountable, plural disturbances)

1. The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
2. Something that disturbs.

   That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance.

3. A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
4. An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
5. (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

Antonyms

• calmness

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Anagrams

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