Disturb vs Destroy - What's the difference?
disturb | destroy |
to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
* Milton
to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
(obsolete) disturbance
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
In transitive terms the difference between disturb and destroy
is that disturb is to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing while destroy is to put down or euthanize.In intransitive terms the difference between disturb and destroy
is that disturb is to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion while destroy is to cause destruction.As a noun disturb
is disturbance.disturb
English
Verb
(en verb)- The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam.
- The performance was disturbed twice by a ringing mobile phone.
- A school of fish disturbed the water.
- A mudslide disturbed the course of the river.
- The trauma disturbed his mind.
- disturb his inmost counsels from their destined aim
- A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer.
- His behaviour is very disturbing .
Derived terms
* disturbanceNoun
- (Milton)
destroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
