different between discompose vs derange

English

Etymology

dis- +? compose.

Verb

discompose (third-person singular simple present discomposes, present participle discomposing, simple past and past participle discomposed)

1. (transitive) To destroy the composure of; to disturb or agitate.
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 3:

     You will not be discomposed by the Lord Chancellor, I dare say?

2. (transitive) To disarrange, or throw into a state of disorder.

Synonyms

• agitate
• perturb
• unsettle

Translations

See also

• decompose

Italian

Verb

discompose

1. third-person singular past historic of discomporre

English

Etymology

From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???e?nd?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /di??e?nd?/
• Rhymes: -e?nd?

Verb

derange (third-person singular simple present deranges, present participle deranging, simple past and past participle deranged)

1. (transitive, chiefly passive) To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
2. (transitive) To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.
3. (archaic) to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone; derail.

Translations

Anagrams

• Redange, agender, angered, en garde, enraged, grandee, grenade