different between disorder vs imbalance

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

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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 im- +? balance.

Noun

imbalance (usually uncountable, plural imbalances)

1. The property of not being in balance.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)[1]

     Ross Barkley, a second-half substitute, almost marked his debut with a goal but by that stage England were playing at half-pace. A team can do that when the imbalance of talent is this considerable.

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