Tumult vs Discomposure - What's the difference?
tumult | discomposure | Related terms |
Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
* Alexander Pope
Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
A riot or uprising.
(obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
The state of being discomposed.
* 1719,
(obsolete) Discordance; disagreement of parts.
Tumult is a related term of discomposure.
As nouns the difference between tumult and discomposure
is that tumult is tumult, ruckus, row while discomposure is the state of being discomposed.tumult
English
Noun
(en noun)- Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.
- the tumult of the elements
- the tumult of the spirits or passions
Synonyms
* uproar * ruckusVerb
(en verb)- Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. — Milton.
discomposure
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
- And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things......
