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Distract vs Disastrous - What's the difference?

distract | disastrous |

As adjectives the difference between distract and disastrous

is that distract is (obsolete) separated; drawn asunder while disastrous is of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.

As a verb distract

is to divert the attention of.

distract

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To divert the attention of.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Arsenal 1-0 Everton , passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
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    Related terms

    * distracted * distractible * distracting * distraction

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
  • (obsolete) Insane; mad.
    • (Drayton)

    disastrous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
  • foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

    • Synonyms

    * (calamitous) cataclysmic, catastrophic * (ill-omened) ill-boding, , sinister

    Derived terms

    * disastrously