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Upheaval vs Discomposure - What's the difference?

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Upheaval is a related term of discomposure.


As nouns the difference between upheaval and discomposure

is that upheaval is the process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust while discomposure is the state of being discomposed.

upheaval

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust
  • a sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion
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    discomposure

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

  • The state of being discomposed.
  • * 1719,
    • And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind; and my journal would have been full of many dull things......
  • (obsolete) Discordance; disagreement of parts.

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