different between bother vs perturbation
bother
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin. Compare English pother (“to poke, prod”), variant of potter (“to poke”). More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (“noise”), Irish bodhraim (“to deafen, annoy”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: b??-th?r, IPA(key): /?b?ð??/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [?b?ð?(?)]
- (UK) IPA(key): [?b?ð?(?)]
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
- (US) IPA(key): [?b?ð?]
Verb
bother (third-person singular simple present bothers, present participle bothering, simple past and past participle bothered)
- (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
- (intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
- (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive or the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (annoy): annoy, disturb, irritate, put out, vex; see also Thesaurus:annoy
- (make or take trouble): care, mind; see also Thesaurus:care
Derived terms
- bebother
Translations
References
Noun
bother (countable and uncountable, plural bothers)
- Fuss, ado.
- There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
- Trouble, inconvenience.
- Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.
Synonyms
- (fuss, ado): See also Thesaurus:commotion
- (trouble, inconvenience): See also Thesaurus:nuisance
Derived terms
- bothersome
- spot of bother
Translations
Interjection
bother!
- A mild expression of annoyance.
- 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:
- "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."
- "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
- "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!"
- 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:
Synonyms
- botheration, blast, dang (US), darn, drat, phooey, fiddlesticks
Translations
Related terms
- be bothered
- bothered
- bothersome
Anagrams
- boreth
bother From the web:
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perturbation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French perturbation, from Old French perturbacion, from Latin perturbatio
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
perturbation (countable and uncountable, plural perturbations)
- (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed
- (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
- (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies
Related terms
- perturb
- perturbatory
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perturbatio, perturbationem.
Pronunciation
Noun
perturbation f (plural perturbations)
- disturbance
- derangement
Related terms
- perturber
Descendants
- ? Romanian: perturba?ie
Further reading
- “perturbation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
perturbation From the web:
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