different between outbreak vs disorder

English

Etymology

From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ?t?brecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- +? break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out; burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tb?e?k/
• Hyphenation: out?break

Noun

outbreak (plural outbreaks)

1. An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.

   Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.

2. (figuratively) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.

   There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.

3. A sudden increase.

   There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.

4. A geological layer that breaks out.

Synonyms

• (figurative outburst): outburst, tumult

Antonyms

• inbreak

Translations

Verb

outbreak (third-person singular simple present outbreaks, present participle outbreaking, simple past outbroke, past participle outbroken)

1. (intransitive) To burst out.
2. (intransitive) To break forth.

See also

• breakout

Anagrams

• break out, breakout, kabouter, outbrake

English

Alternative forms

• disordre (obsolete)

Etymology

From dis- +? order. Middle English disordeine, from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s???d?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s????d?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)
• Hyphenation: dis?or?der

Noun

disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)

1. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

2. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

3. (medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.

Synonyms

• (absence of order): chaos, entropy; see also Thesaurus:disorder
• (disturbance of civic peace): See also Thesaurus:riot

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)

1. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
2. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

Translations

Anagrams

• disordre, sordider