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Disturbed vs Sleepless - What's the difference?

disturbed | sleepless | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between disturbed and sleepless

is that disturbed is showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis while sleepless is characterized by an absence of sleep.

As a verb disturbed

is past tense of disturb.

disturbed

English

Adjective

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

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (disturb)

    • sleepless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by an absence of sleep.
    • I spent a sleepless night worrying about the exams.

    Derived terms

    * sleeplessly * sleeplessness