different between disturbance vs malady

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

Etymology

From Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), from malade (“ill, sick”), from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”), 1st century AD. See also malice and habit.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?l'?-d?, IPA^(key): /?mæl.?.di/

Noun

malady (plural maladies)

1. Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
   • a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, It is Good for Me, that I have been Afflicted (sermon)

     The maladies of the body may prove medicines of the mind.

2. A moral or mental defect or disorder.

   • Love's a malady without a cure.

Synonyms

• ailment, disease, disorder, distemper, illness, sickness

Translations

References

• malady in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “malady”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

malady

1. Alternative form of maladie