different between disturb vs heckle
disturb
English
Etymology
From Middle English destourben, from Anglo-Norman distourber and Old French destorber, from Latin disturbare, intensifying for turbare (“to throw into disorder”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?t??b/
- Rhymes: -??(r)b
Verb
disturb (third-person singular simple present disturbs, present participle disturbing, simple past and past participle disturbed)
- (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
- (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
- (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
Derived terms
- disturbance
Translations
Noun
disturb
- (obsolete) disturbance
disturb From the web:
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- what disturbances cause primary succession
- what disturbing forces cause waves
- what disturbance led to feudalism establishment
- what disturbs holden at phoebe's school
- what disturbs sleep
- what disturbs rem sleep
- which cause earthquakes
heckle
English
Etymology
Transferred usage of Middle English hekelen (“to comb flax or hemp with a heckle”), from hekele (“a comb for flax or hemp”), from Middle Dutch hekelen (“to prickle, irritate”), from Proto-Germanic *hakil?n?. Related to hackle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?k?l/
- Rhymes: -?k?l
Verb
heckle (third-person singular simple present heckles, present participle heckling, simple past and past participle heckled)
- (transitive) To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. [from later 18th c.]
- (transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger.
- Promise that you won't heckle me after my performance.
- (textiles) To prepare flax for spinning using special combs called hackles
Synonyms
(prepare flax for spinning): hackle
Related terms
- heckler
- heckling
Translations
Noun
heckle (plural heckles)
- Alternative form of hackle (“tool for separating flax”)
- The long shining feathers on a cock's neck.
- A feather ornament in the full-dress bonnets of Highland regiments.
Anagrams
- Heckel
heckle From the web:
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- what hecklers said at debate
- heckler meaning
- heckled what does it mean
- heckler what does it mean
- what were hecklers saying at debate
- what were hecklers saying during debate
- what is heckler's veto
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