different between collapse vs disorder

English

Etymology

From Latin coll?psus (past participle of coll?bor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??læps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Verb

collapse (third-person singular simple present collapses, present participle collapsing, simple past and past participle collapsed)

1. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
   • 1843, Samuel Maunder, The Scientific and Literary Treasury

     A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.

2. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

3. (intransitive) To fold compactly.
4. (transitive, computing) To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.
5. (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
6. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.

7. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.

Derived terms

• collapsible

Translations

Noun

collapse (countable and uncountable, plural collapses)

1. The act of collapsing.
2. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset). (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Anagrams

• Capellos, escallop

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: collapsent, collapses

Verb

collapse

1. first-person singular present indicative of collapser
2. third-person singular present indicative of collapser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of collapser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of collapser
5. second-person singular imperative of collapser

Latin

Participle

coll?pse

1. vocative masculine singular of coll?psus

English

Alternative forms

• disordre (obsolete)

Etymology

From dis- +? order. Middle English disordeine, from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s???d?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s????d?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)
• Hyphenation: dis?or?der

Noun

disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)

1. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

2. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

3. (medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.

Synonyms

• (absence of order): chaos, entropy; see also Thesaurus:disorder
• (disturbance of civic peace): See also Thesaurus:riot

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)

1. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
2. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

Translations

Anagrams

• disordre, sordider