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Unsettle vs Destabilize - What's the difference?

unsettle | destabilize |

As verbs the difference between unsettle and destabilize

is that unsettle is to make upset or uncomfortable while destabilize is to make something unstable.

unsettle

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make upset or uncomfortable
  • :Don't unsettle the horses or they'll bolt.
  • *{{quote-news
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  • To bring into disorder or disarray

    • Antonyms

    *settle

    destabilize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (British)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make something unstable.
  • To become unstable.

    • Anagrams

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