Bustle vs Disturbance - What's the difference?
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An excited activity; a stir.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
(computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
(historical) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.
To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).
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To teem or abound (usually followed by with''); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). ''See also bustle with .
The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
Something that disturbs.
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
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(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.
Bustle is a related term of disturbance.
As nouns the difference between bustle and disturbance
is that bustle is an excited activity; a stir while disturbance is the act of disturbing, being disturbed.As a verb bustle
is to move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).bustle
English
Noun
(en noun)- we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence
Derived terms
* hustle and bustleVerb
- The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment […].
- The train station was bustling with commuters.
Synonyms
* (to move busily) flit, hustle, scamper, scurry * (to exhibit an energetic abundance) abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teemReferences
Anagrams
*disturbance
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(wikipedia disturbance)Alternative forms
* disturbaunceNoun
(en noun)- That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance .
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