Disquietude vs Restlessness - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.
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* 1795 , "The Life of John Bunyan," in the Collins Clear-Type Press ed. of The Pilgrim's Progress , p. xiv:
(countable) A fear or an instance of uneasiness.
* 1813 , Laurence Sterne, The works of Laurence Sterne: with a life of the author , Volume 2, page 347:
The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.
Disquietude is a related term of restlessness.
As nouns the difference between disquietude and restlessness
is that disquietude is (uncountable) a state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety while restlessness is the state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.disquietude
English
Noun
(en-noun)- but Mr Blifil said, he had received such positive and repeated orders from his uncle, never to keep any secret from him for fear of the disquietude which it might give him, that he durst not think of disobedience, whatever might be the consequence.
- He was at length called forth, and set apart by fasting and prayer to the ministerial office, which he executed with faithfulness and success during a long course of years; though frequently with the greatest trepidation and inward disquietude .
- The cares and disquietudes of the marriage-state, quoth Mrs. Wadman, are very great.
restlessness
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(wikipedia restlessness)Noun
(-)- She sat and fidgeted out of restlessness as she waited.