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Confusion vs Disturbance - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between confusion and disturbance

is that confusion is a lack of clarity or order while disturbance is the act of disturbing, being disturbed.

confusion

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A lack of clarity or order.
  • The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
  • (obsolete) disgrace, shame

    • Synonyms

    * (lack of clarity or order) discombobulation * (state of being confused) bewilderment, disarray

    Antonyms

    * (lack of clarity or order) clarity * (misunderstanding) distinction

    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