fluster vs perturbation what difference
what is difference between fluster and perturbation
English
Etymology
From a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, akin to Icelandic flaustra (“to be flustered”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflʌstə/
- Rhymes: -ʌstə(r)
Verb
fluster (third-person singular simple present flusters, present participle flustering, simple past and past participle flustered)
- (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
- (by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
- (intransitive) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
- the flustring, vain-glorious Greeks
Derived terms
- flustered (adjective)
- flustering (adjective, present participle)
Translations
Noun
fluster (plural flusters)
- A state of being flustered; overwrought confusion.
Anagrams
- RESTful, fluters, furtles, restful
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French perturbation, from Old French perturbacion, from Latin perturbatio
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
perturbation (countable and uncountable, plural perturbations)
- (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed
- (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
- (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies
Related terms
- perturb
- perturbatory
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perturbatio, perturbationem.
Pronunciation
Noun
perturbation f (plural perturbations)
- disturbance
- derangement
Related terms
- perturber
Descendants
- → Romanian: perturbație
Further reading
- “perturbation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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