different between confusion vs indisposition

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

Etymology

From Middle English indisposicioun, from Middle French indisposicion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?d?sp??z???n/

Noun

indisposition (countable and uncountable, plural indispositions)

1. A mild illness, the state of being indisposed.
   • 1751, Henry Fielding, Amelia, Book 3, Chapter 7,^[1]

     I was scarce sooner recovered from my indisposition than Amelia herself fell ill.

   • 1817, Jane Austen, Persuasion, Chapter 23,^[2]

     She began not to understand a word they said, and was obliged to plead indisposition and excuse herself.
2. A state of not being disposed to do something; disinclination; unwillingness.
   • 1989, Thomas Robert Malthus, John Pullen, Principles of Political Economy (volume 2, page 435)

     He argued that the progress of wealth could be impeded not only by an indisposition to produce, but also by an indisposition to consume […]

3. A bad mood or disposition.
   • 1597, Francis Bacon, Essays

     Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds, of a number of men, poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves?

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