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Awkwardness vs Disturbance - What's the difference?

awkwardness | disturbance | Related terms |

Awkwardness is a related term of disturbance.


As nouns the difference between awkwardness and disturbance

is that awkwardness is the state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness while disturbance is the act of disturbing, being disturbed.

awkwardness

English

Alternative forms

* aukwardness (obsolete)

Noun

(es)
  • The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
  • The quality of an embarrassing situation.

    • Synonyms

    * clunkiness * clumsiness * ineptness, ineptitude * inelegance

    Related terms

    * awkwardly

    disturbance

    English

    (wikipedia disturbance)

    Alternative forms

    * disturbaunce

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
  • Something that disturbs.
    • That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance .
  • An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

    • Antonyms

    * calmness