different between dysfunction vs complication

English

Etymology

dys- +? function

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?f??k.??n/

Noun

dysfunction (countable and uncountable, plural dysfunctions)

1. A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.

Antonyms

• eufunction
• function

Derived terms

• dysfunctional
• dysfunctionally

Translations

Verb

dysfunction (third-person singular simple present dysfunctions, present participle dysfunctioning, simple past and past participle dysfunctioned)

1. (nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem.Morphologically complicate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

complication (countable and uncountable, plural complications)

1. The act or process of complicating.
2. The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
3. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
4. (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
5. (horology) A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.

Translations

Further reading

• complication (medicine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• complication (horology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• complication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “complication”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• accomplition

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin complicatio, complicationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pli.ka.sj??/
• Rhymes: -sj??
• Homophone: complications
• Hyphenation: com?pli?ca?tion

Noun

complication f (plural complications)

1. complication

Antonyms

• simplification

Further reading

• “complication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

complication (plural complicationes)

1. complication