different between confusion vs pandemonium

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

• pandaemonium
• pandæmonium

Etymology

Coined by John Milton in "Paradise Lost", Pandæmonium, from Ancient Greek ??? (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + Late Latin daemonium (“evil spirit, demon”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (daím?n, “deity”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pænd??m??n??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pænd??mo?ni.?m/
• Rhymes: -??ni?m

Noun

pandemonium (countable and uncountable, plural pandemoniums or pandemonia)

1. (archaic) A place where all demons live; Hell.
   • 1674 — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I

     And Trumpets sound throughout the Host proclaim
     A solemn Councel forthwith to be held
     At Pandæmonium, the high Capitol
     Of Satan and his Peers.

2. Chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence.
   • 2004, Boston Globe, October 22

     Whenever you have violent pandemonium, there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.

3. An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.

Synonyms

• (tumultuous or lawless violence): chaos, bedlam
• (an outburst): outburst, uproar

Related terms

• pandemoniac

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

pandemonium n (plural pandemoniums, diminutive pandemoniumpje n)

1. pandemonium, residence of all demons/devils, hell
2. pandemonium, a 'hellish' chaos, notably terrible noise and disorder

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pandemonium n (definite singular pandemoniet, indefinite plural pandemonium, definite plural pandemonia)

1. (antiquity) temple for all gods and demigods
2. pandemonium (residence for all demons)

   Synonym: helvete

References

• “pandemonium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English pandemonium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pan.d??m?.?um/

Noun

pandemonium n (indeclinable)

1. (literary) pandemonium (hell)

   Synonym: piek?o

2. (literary) pandemonium (chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence)

   Synonym: koszmar

Further reading

• pandemonium in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pandemonium in Polish dictionaries at PWN