different between commotion vs discomposure
commotion
English
Etymology
From Middle French commocion, from Latin comm?ti?nem, accusative singular of comm?ti?, from comm?tus, perfect passive participle of commove?.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??m??.??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /k??mo?.??n/
- Rhymes: -????n, -o???n
Noun
commotion (countable and uncountable, plural commotions)
- A state of turbulent motion.
- An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
- (euphemistic) Sexual excitement.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:commotion
Derived terms
- commotional
Related terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Noun
commotion f (plural commotions)
- A violent collision or shock; concussion
- shock, surprise
Further reading
- “commotion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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discomposure
English
Etymology
dis- +? composure
Noun
discomposure (countable and uncountable, plural discomposures)
- The state of being discomposed.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things[.]
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- (obsolete) Discordance; disagreement of parts.
- But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and not by a conflict of heats
References
- discomposure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
discomposure From the web:
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- discomposure meaning
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