different between confusion vs hubbub

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)

1. A lack of clarity or order.
2. The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
3. The act of mistaking one thing for another or conflating distinct things.
4. Lack of understanding due to dementia.
5. (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)

1. 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)

1. confusion

Descendants

• French: confusion

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin confusio, confusionem.

Noun

confusion f (oblique plural confusions, nominative singular confusion, nominative plural confusions)

1. spread (act or instance of spreading)

Descendants

• English: confusion
• Middle French: confusion
  • French: confusion

English

Alternative forms

• whobub (obsolete)

Etymology

Mid 16^thc. Perhaps from Irish; compare Irish ababú!, abú! (battle-cry), Gaelic ub! ub! (expressing contempt, etc.), ubh ubh! (expressing disgust).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?b?b/

Noun

hubbub (plural hubbubs)

1. A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.

   • Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,

     Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear

     With loudest vehemence.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:commotion

Translations

Verb

hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubing or hubbubbing, simple past and past participle hubbubed or hubbubbed)

1. (intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.
   • 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football

     It becomes a grotto, hubbubbing with more noise than any class on a school visit could make, the air mobbed by breathless chatter about life and the transfer window.