different between mystification vs discomposure

English

Etymology

From French mystification.

Noun

mystification (countable and uncountable, plural mystifications)

1. The act of mystifying or the condition of being mystified.
2. A mystifying thing.

Synonyms

• bafflement
• bewilderment
• obfuscation

Translations

French

Etymology

mystifier +? -ification

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis.ti.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

mystification f (plural mystifications)

1. mystification

English

Etymology

dis- +? composure

Noun

discomposure (countable and uncountable, plural discomposures)

1. The state of being discomposed.
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things[.]
2. (obsolete) Discordance; disagreement of parts.

   • But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and not by a conflict of heats

References

• discomposure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.