Turmoil vs Crisis - What's the difference?
turmoil | crisis |
A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 19, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title=]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18181971 England 1-0 Ukraine]
, passage=Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.}}
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 crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which the patient is expected to recover or die.
(psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
(drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
As nouns the difference between turmoil and crisis
is that turmoil is a state of great disorder or uncertainty while crisis is a crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.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.