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Derangement vs Extinction - What's the difference?

derangement | extinction |

As nouns the difference between derangement and extinction

is that derangement is disturbance, inconvenience, disruption, trouble, bother while extinction is the action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.

derangement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • extinction

    English

    (wikipedia extinction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
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    • , 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.}}
  • (astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.

    • Related terms

    * extinct * extinguish

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