different between sudden vs disconnected

English

Etymology

From Middle English sodeyn, sodain, from Anglo-Norman sodein, from Old French sodain, subdain (“immediate, sudden”), from Vulgar Latin *subit?nus (“sudden”), from Latin subit?neus (“sudden”), from subitus (“sudden", literally, "that which has come stealthily”), originally the past participle of sub?re (“to come or go stealthily”), from sub (“under”) + ?re (“go”). Doublet of subitaneous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?d?n/, [?s?dn?]
• Rhymes: -?d?n
• Hyphenation: sud?den

Adjective

sudden (comparative more sudden, superlative most sudden)

1. Happening quickly and with little or no warning.

2. (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
3. (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.

Synonyms

• (happening quickly): abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous; see also Thesaurus:sudden
• (hasty, rash): hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive; see also Thesaurus:reckless

Antonyms

• (happening quickly): gradual; see also Thesaurus:gradual
• (all): unsudden

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

sudden (comparative more sudden, superlative most sudden)

1. (poetic) Suddenly.

Noun

sudden (plural suddens)

1. (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

Derived terms

• all of a sudden
• all of the sudden
• of a sudden
• on a sudden
• upon a sudden

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Further reading

• sudden in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sudden in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sudden at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??n?kt?d/

Verb

disconnected

1. simple past tense and past participle of disconnect

   The phone company disconnected my DSL.

Adjective

disconnected (comparative more disconnected, superlative most disconnected)

1. That is no longer connected.

   There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.

2. Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.

   I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.

3. Incoherent; disjointed.
4. (mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.

Antonyms

• connected

Derived terms

• disconnectedly
• disconnectedness

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