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Distraught vs Garbled - What's the difference?

distraught | garbled |

As adjectives the difference between distraught and garbled

is that distraught is deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed while garbled is (of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled.

As a verb garbled is

(garble).

distraught

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.
    • His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

    Derived terms

    * distraughtly * distraughtness

    Synonyms

    * distressed * pained

    garbled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (garble)

    • Synonyms

    * confused * disconnected * disjointed * disordered * distorted * illogical * mixed up * scattered * unconnected

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