Disorder vs Mafufunyana - What's the difference?
disorder | mafufunyana |
Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
(medicine) A physical or psychical malfunction.
In Zulu and Xhosa culture, a mental disorder in which the sufferer is believed to have been possessed by evil spirits, causing hysteria.
The evil spirit who causes such a disorder.
As nouns the difference between disorder and mafufunyana
is that disorder is absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner while mafufunyana is in zulu and xhosa culture, a mental disorder in which the sufferer is believed to have been possessed by evil spirits, causing hysteria.disorder
English
Alternative forms
* disordre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- After playing the children left the room in disorder .
- The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room
- The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
- Bulimia is an eating disorder .