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Unnerving vs Disquieting - What's the difference?

unnerving | disquieting |

As verbs the difference between unnerving and disquieting

is that unnerving is while disquieting is .

As an adjective disquieting is

causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.

As a noun disquieting is

the act by which someone or something is disquieted.

unnerving

English

Verb

(head)

    • disquieting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.
  • *
  • *:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which someone or something is disquieted.
  • * Edward Reynolds
    • Thus we see the intuition of divine truth in minds of defiled affections, worketh not that sweet effect which is natural unto it to produce; but doubtings, terrors, and disquietings of conscience