different between disorder vs disconcert

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• disordre, sordider

English

Etymology

From Middle French desconcerter, from des- (“dis-”) + concerter (“to bring into agreement, organize”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?sk?n?s??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?sk?n?s?t/

Verb

disconcert (third-person singular simple present disconcerts, present participle disconcerting, simple past and past participle disconcerted)

1. (transitive) To upset the composure of.
2. (transitive) To bring into confusion.
3. (transitive) To frustrate, discomfit.

   The emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

Synonyms

• agitate
• upset
• See also Thesaurus:confuse

Derived terms

• disconcerting
• disconcertingly

Translations

Noun

disconcert

1. A state of disunion.