Chaos vs Untidy - What's the difference?
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As a noun chaos is . As an adjective untidy is sloppy.
chaos English
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) A vast chasm or abyss.
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony
Any state of disorder, any confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
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(obsolete, rare) A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.
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- What is the centre of the earth? is it pure element only, as Aristotle decrees, inhabited (as Paracelsus thinks) with creatures whose chaos is the earth: or with fairies, as the woods and waters (according to him) are with nymphs, or as the air with spirits?
(mathematics) Behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
(fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
Synonyms
* See
Antonyms
* (classical cosmogony) cosmos
* (state of disorder) order
Derived terms
(terms derived from chaos)
* chaos theory
* chaotic
* controlled chaos
Related terms
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See also
* entropy
* discord
* capricious
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untidy English
Adjective
( er)
Sloppy.
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Disorganized.
*, chapter=12
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
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Synonyms
* disorderly
* slovenly
Antonyms
* neat
* tidy
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