Turmoil vs Conundrum - What's the difference?
turmoil | conundrum |
A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
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Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.
* Shakespeare
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, title= (obsolete) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
(obsolete) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
* Spenser
A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
* 1816 ,
A difficult choice or decision that must be made.
* 2004 , ,
As nouns the difference between turmoil and conundrum
is that turmoil is a state of great disorder or uncertainty while conundrum is a difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.As a verb turmoil
is (obsolete|intransitive) to be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.turmoil
English
Noun
(en-noun)- And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil , / A blessed soul doth in Elysium.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Synonyms
* chaos, disorderVerb
(en verb)- (Milton)
- It is her fatal misfortune to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction.
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English
Noun
(en-noun)- “Why should I understand that, or anything else?” asked the girl. “Don’t bother my head by asking conundrums , I beg of you. Just let me discover myself in my own way.”
statement read before being sentenced to five months in prison
- And while I am more concerned about the well-being of others than for myself, more hurt for them and for their losses than for my own, more worried for their futures than for the future of Martha Stewart the person, you are faced with a conundrum , a problem of monumental, to me, proportions.
