different between quarrel vs disturbance
quarrel
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kw??(?)l/
- (US) enPR: 'kwôr?l, 'kw?r?l, IPA(key): /?kw???l/, /?kw?-/
- Rhymes: -???l
- Hyphenation: quar?rel
Etymology 1
From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin quer?la, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from quer? + -?la, -ella (suffix forming nouns). Quer? is the present active infinitive of queror (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”), from Proto-Indo-European *?wes- (“to puff; to sigh”).
The word had replaced Old English sacan (“basis for dispute”) by 1340.
Noun
quarrel (plural quarrels)
- A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute
- Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
- (rare) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
Alternative forms
- quarrell (obsolete)
Related terms
- querent
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English querelen (“to dispute, quarrel; to assert one's claims; to rebel”) [and other forms], from querele (noun); see etymology 1. Compare Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Old French quereler, quereller (“to argue with, dispute; to criticize; to bring a legal suit”) (modern French quereller (“to quarrel, squabble”)).
Verb
quarrel (third-person singular simple present quarrels, present participle (UK) quarrelling or (US) quarreling, simple past and past participle (UK) quarrelled or (US) quarreled)
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
- (intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
- (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence.
- (transitive, obsolete except Scotland) To argue or squabble with (someone).
Conjugation
Alternative forms
- quarrell (obsolete)
Derived terms
- quarreler, quarreller
- quarrelsome
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English quarrel (“bolt for an arbalest, crossbow, or siege engine; (figurative) seductive glance, temptation to sin; needle (possibly one square in cross-section); small (perhaps square-shaped) opening in window tracery; a cushion (perhaps square-shaped)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman quarel, quarele, quarrel, Middle French quarrel, and Old French quarel, quarrel, carrel (“crossbow bolt; floor tile or paving stone (rectangular- or square-shaped); small glass pane for windows”) (modern French carreau (“crossbow bolt; a tile; windowpane; a square”)), from Late Latin quarellus, quadrellus (“crossbow bolt; paving stone; a tile”), from Latin quadrum (“a square; square section; regular shape or form”) + -ellus (variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns, indicating small size or youth)). Quadrum is ultimately derived from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres (“four”).
Noun
quarrel (countable and uncountable, plural quarrels)
- (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) carrel, quarry
- (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
- Synonym: quarry
- (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
- Synonym: (archaic) quarry
- (countable, obsolete, rare) A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.
- (countable, architecture, obsolete) A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.
Related terms
- quarl
- quarry
Translations
References
Further reading
- quarrel (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- crossbow bolt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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disturbance
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)
- The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
- Something that disturbs.
- That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance.
- A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
- An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
- (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
Antonyms
- calmness
Translations
Anagrams
- bedcurtains
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