Disarray vs Anarchy - What's the difference?
disarray | anarchy |
To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
* Fenton
To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
* Spenser
Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 15
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea
, work=BBC
Confused attire; undress; dishabille.
(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
(uncountable) Anarchism]]; the political theory that a community is best [[organize, organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
Confusion in general; disorder.
As nouns the difference between disarray and anarchy
is that disarray is want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion while anarchy is (uncountable) the state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.As a verb disarray
is to throw into disorder; to break the array of.disarray
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Verb
(en verb)- Who with fiery steeds / Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged.
- So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed .
Antonyms
* arrayNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Tottenham pushed forward in an attempt to complete the recovery - but only succeeded in leaving themselves wide open to Chelsea's attacks and Redknapp's side ended in total disarray .}}