different between stimulation vs turmoil

English

Etymology

From Latin stimul?ti?.Morphologically stimulate +? -ion

Noun

stimulation (countable and uncountable, plural stimulations)

1. A pushing or goading toward action. [from 16th c.]
2. (biology) Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input. [from 18th c.]
3. An activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.

Related terms

• stimulate
• stimulator
• stimulatory
• stimulus

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Stimulation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 1 (Si–St), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 965.

Anagrams

• mutilations

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin stimul?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti.my.la.sj??/

Noun

stimulation f (plural stimulations)

1. stimulation

Related terms

• stimuler

Further reading

• “stimulation” 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