different between disturbance vs hubbub

English

Alternative forms

• disturbaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English disturbaunce, from Old French destorbance, destourbance, from destourber (“disturb”), from Latin disturb?. Surface analysis disturb +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??st??bn?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??st?bn?s/
• Hyphenation: dis?tur?bance

Noun

disturbance (countable and uncountable, plural disturbances)

1. The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
2. Something that disturbs.

   That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance.

3. A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
4. An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
5. (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

Antonyms

• calmness

Translations

Anagrams

• bedcurtains

English

Alternative forms

• whobub (obsolete)

Etymology

Mid 16^thc. Perhaps from Irish; compare Irish ababú!, abú! (battle-cry), Gaelic ub! ub! (expressing contempt, etc.), ubh ubh! (expressing disgust).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?b?b/

Noun

hubbub (plural hubbubs)

1. A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.

   • Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,

     Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear

     With loudest vehemence.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:commotion

Translations

Verb

hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubing or hubbubbing, simple past and past participle hubbubed or hubbubbed)

1. (intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.
   • 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football

     It becomes a grotto, hubbubbing with more noise than any class on a school visit could make, the air mobbed by breathless chatter about life and the transfer window.