different between confusion vs disturbance
confusion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French confusion, from Latin confusio, confusionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?fju???n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
Noun
confusion (usually uncountable, plural confusions)
- A lack of clarity or order.
- The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
- The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.
- Lack of understanding due to dementia.
- (archaic) A state of shame or embarrassment.
Synonyms
- (lack of clarity or order): discombobulation
- (state of being confused): bewilderment, disarray
Antonyms
- (lack of clarity or order): clarity
- (misunderstanding): distinction
Translations
French
Etymology
From Middle French confusion, from Old French confusion, borrowed from Latin confusio, confusionem, from verb confundo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.fy.zj??/
Noun
confusion f (plural confusions)
- confusion
Derived terms
- prêter à confusion
Further reading
- “confusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French confusion.
Noun
confusion f (plural confusions)
- confusion
Descendants
- French: confusion
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin confusio, confusionem.
Noun
confusion f (oblique plural confusions, nominative singular confusion, nominative plural confusions)
- spread (act or instance of spreading)
Descendants
- English: confusion
- Middle French: confusion
- French: confusion
confusion From the web:
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disturbance
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)
- The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
- Something that disturbs.
- That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance.
- A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
- An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
- (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
Antonyms
- calmness
Translations
Anagrams
- bedcurtains
disturbance From the web:
- what disturbances cause earthquakes
- what disturbances cause primary succession
- what disturbances cause secondary succession
- what disturbance led to feudalism establishment
- what disturbances lead to primary succession
- which cause earthquakes
- what can trigger earthquakes
- what is the most common cause of earthquakes
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