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Disorder vs Preorder - What's the difference?

disorder | preorder |

As nouns the difference between disorder and preorder

is that disorder is absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner while preorder is a binary relation that is reflexive and transitive.

As a verb preorder is

to order (goods) in advance, before they are available.

As an adjective preorder is

of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the root before the left and right subtrees.

disorder

English

Alternative forms

* disordre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
  • After playing the children left the room in disorder .
  • A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
  • 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.
  • (medicine) A physical or psychical malfunction.
  • Bulimia is an eating disorder .

    Synonyms

    * (absence of order) chaos, entropy; see also * (disturbance of civic peace) See also

    Derived terms

    * autism spectrum disorder * borderline personality disorder * disordely * eating disorder * seasonal affective disorder * spectrum disorder

    preorder

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To order (goods) in advance, before they are available.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (set theory) A binary relation that is reflexive and transitive.
  • The relation of logical implication over sentences is an example of a preorder.

    Synonyms

    * quasiorder

    Hyponyms

    * partial order ** total order *** well-order

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing theory) Of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the root before the left and right subtrees.
  • Hypernyms

    * depth-first