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Composed vs Uneasy - What's the difference?

composed | uneasy |

As adjectives the difference between composed and uneasy

is that composed is showing composure while uneasy is (rare) not easy; difficult or uneasy can be restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.

As a verb composed

is (compose).

composed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • showing composure.
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    • , year=2011 , date=June 4 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (compose)

    • uneasy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) unesy, equivalent to ; see uneath.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (rare) Not easy; difficult.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) unesy, . More at .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=17 citation , passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
    I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
  • Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
  • Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
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