Disquieting vs Restless - What's the difference?
disquieting | restless |
Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
The act by which someone or something is disquieted.
* Edward Reynolds
Not allowing or affording rest.
Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
Deprived of rest or sleep.
As adjectives the difference between disquieting and restless
is that disquieting is causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy while restless is not allowing or affording rest.As a verb disquieting
is .As a noun disquieting
is the act by which someone or something is disquieted.disquieting
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Thus we see the intuition of divine truth in minds of defiled affections, worketh not that sweet effect which is natural unto it to produce; but doubtings, terrors, and disquietings of conscience
restless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The night before his wedding was a restless one.
- He was a restless child.
- She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate.
- A restless ambition.
- They remained restless , sitting by the window the entire night.