different between inflammation vs turmoil

English

Etymology

From Middle French inflammation, from Latin ?nflamm?ti?, ?nflamm?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nfl??me???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

inflammation (countable and uncountable, plural inflammations)

1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
2. The state of being inflamed
3. (pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
4. (archaic) Violent excitement

   an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties

   Synonyms: passion, animosity, turbulence, heat

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:inflammation

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?nflamm?ti?, ?nflamm?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fla.ma.sj??/
• Homophone: inflammations

Noun

inflammation f (plural inflammations)

1. inflammation

References

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

English

Etymology

Unknown origin. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??m??l/

Noun

turmoil (usually uncountable, plural turmoils)

1. A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
2. Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.

Synonyms

• chaos, disorder

Translations

Verb

turmoil (third-person singular simple present turmoils, present participle turmoiling, simple past and past participle turmoiled)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.

   • some notable sophister lies sweating and turmoiling under the inevitable and merciless delimmas of Socrates

2. (obsolete, transitive) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.

   • It is her fatal misfortune […] to be thus miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.

Further reading

• turmoil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• turmoil in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• turmoil at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “turmoil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary