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Disturbed vs Impaired - What's the difference?

disturbed | impaired |

As adjectives the difference between disturbed and impaired

is that disturbed is showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis while impaired is rendered less effective.

As verbs the difference between disturbed and impaired

is that disturbed is past tense of disturb while impaired is past tense of impair.

As a noun impaired is

a criminal charge for impaired driving.

disturbed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
  • Extremely surprised; shocked.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (disturb)

    • impaired

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Rendered less effective
    • His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.
  • inebriated, drunk.

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "impaired" is often applied: vision, hearing, mobility, healing, fertility, health, judgment, cognition, consciousness, memory, concentration, function, performance, ability, capacity, person, child, adult. * Adverbs often applied to "impaired": visually, physically, mentally, emotionally, cognitively.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (impair)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A criminal charge for impaired driving.
    • The cop gave me an impaired .