different between disturb vs turbid

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)

1. (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.

2. (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
3. (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.

Derived terms

• disturbance

Translations

Noun

disturb

1. (obsolete) disturbance

English

Etymology

From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??(?)b?d/

Adjective

turbid (comparative more turbid, superlative most turbid)

1. (of a liquid) Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear.
   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XXIII [Uniform ed., p. 217]:

     He perceived more clearly the cruelty of Nature, to whom our refinement and piety are but as bubbles, hurrying downwards on the turbid waters.

   Synonyms: confused, cloudy, disordered, disturbed, droff, roiled

2. Smoky or misty.

   Synonyms: fumid, hazy; see also Thesaurus:nebulous

3. Unclear; confused; obscure.

   Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible, Thesaurus:vague

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Further reading

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