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Turbulent vs Disordered - What's the difference?

turbulent | disordered |

As adjectives the difference between turbulent and disordered

is that turbulent is violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous while disordered is chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.

As a verb disordered is

(disorder).

turbulent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
  • Being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
  • , title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position.}}

    Derived terms

    * turbulently * turbulent flow

    disordered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disorder)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.
  • Deranged.
  • * 1919 , :
  • The frenzy which had unsettled the mind of the hermit was by him communicated to his hearers who, sinking into a trance, fell easy victims to the fearful visions of a disordered mind.