different between disorder vs debility

English

Alternative forms

• disordre (obsolete)

Etymology

From dis- +? order. Middle English disordeine, from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s???d?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s????d?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)
• Hyphenation: dis?or?der

Noun

disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)

1. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

2. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

3. (medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.

Synonyms

• (absence of order): chaos, entropy; see also Thesaurus:disorder
• (disturbance of civic peace): See also Thesaurus:riot

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)

1. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
2. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

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Anagrams

• disordre, sordider

English

Etymology

From Middle English debylite, from Old French debilité (French débilité), from Latin d?bilit?s (“weakness”), from d?bilis (“weak”), from d?- + habilis (“able”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??b?l?ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

debility (countable and uncountable, plural debilities)

1. A state of physical or mental weakness.
   • 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein.

     As I was in a state of extreme debility, I resolved to sail directly towards the town, as a place where I could most easily procure nourishment.

     […]

     I was ready to sink from fatigue and hunger, but being surrounded by a crowd, I thought it politic to rouse all my strength, that no physical debility might be construed into apprehension or conscious guilt.

Related terms

• debile
• debilitate
• debilitation

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Further reading

• debility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• debility in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.