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Irregularity vs Bustle - What's the difference?

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Irregularity is a related term of bustle.


As nouns the difference between irregularity and bustle

is that irregularity is (countable) an instance of being irregular while bustle is an excited activity; a stir.

As a verb bustle is

to move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).

irregularity

English

Noun

  • (countable) An instance of being irregular.
  • (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
  • (countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
    • an irregularity of surface
  • (countable) A violation of rules.
    • An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.

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    Antonyms

    * regularity

    bustle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An excited activity; a stir.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence
  • (computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
  • (historical) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

    • Derived terms

    * hustle and bustle

    Verb

  • To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about ).
    • The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
  • *, II.3.6:
    • I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment […].
  • To teem or abound (usually followed by with''); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). ''See also bustle with .
    • The train station was bustling with commuters.

    Synonyms

    * (to move busily) flit, hustle, scamper, scurry * (to exhibit an energetic abundance) abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem

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