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Dislocation vs Disturbance - What's the difference?

dislocation | disturbance |

As nouns the difference between dislocation and disturbance

is that dislocation is the act of displacing, or the state of being displaced while disturbance is the act of disturbing, being disturbed.

dislocation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
  • (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
  • The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
  • (materials ) A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.
  • (grammar)

    • See also

    *

    See also

    * ("dislocation" on Wikipedia)

    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