different between brawl vs perturbation

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b???l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??l/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /b??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Etymology 1

The verb is derived from Late Middle English braulen, brall, brallen (“to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast”); further etymology is uncertain, but the word could be related to bray and ultimately imitative. It may be cognate with Danish bralle (“to chatter, jabber”), Dutch brallen (“to boast”), Low German brallen (“to brag”), Middle High German pr?len (“to boast, flaunt”) (modern German prahlen (“to boast, flaunt, vaunt”)).

The noun is derived from Middle English brall, bralle, braul, braule, brawle (“disturbance, squabble; brawl”), from the verb braulen: see above.

Noun

brawl (plural brawls)

1. A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

   Synonyms: row, scuffle, squabble; see also Thesaurus:dispute, Thesaurus:fight

Derived terms

• brawly

Translations

Verb

brawl (third-person singular simple present brawls, present participle brawling, simple past and past participle brawled)

1. (intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

   Synonyms: squabble, wrangle
2. (intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
3. (intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
4. (transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• brawler
• brawling (noun)

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly from French branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”), from brand, branc (“blade of a sword”), from Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand; flaming sword; sword”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (“to burn”).

Verb

brawl (third-person singular simple present brawls, present participle brawling, simple past and past participle brawled)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.

   Synonyms: vibrate, waver

Etymology 3

From French branle (“type of dance; an act of shaking, a shake”), from branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”); see further at etymology 2.

Alternatively, the word could be derived from brawl (“(obsolete) to move to and fro, quiver, shake”): see etymology 2.

Noun

brawl (plural brawls)

1. (dance, obsolete) A type of dance move or step.
2. (dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”)

Notes

References

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)

1. (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed
2. (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
3. (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)

1. disturbance
2. 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).