Commotion vs Derangement - What's the difference?
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A state of turbulent motion.
An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
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The property of being deranged.
An act or instance of deranging.
(mathematics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.
Commotion is a related term of derangement.
As nouns the difference between commotion and derangement
is that commotion is a state of turbulent motion while derangement is disturbance, inconvenience, disruption, trouble, bother.commotion
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(en noun)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}