bother vs disturbance
disturbance vs botherbother and disturbance both are nouns.
bother is a verb but disturbance is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bother | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| disturbance | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
disturbance is a hypernym of
bother; that is, disturbance is a
word with a broader meaning than bother:
- bother: an angry disturbance
- disturbance: activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
Other hypernyms of bother include
perturbation.
| bother (noun) | disturbance (noun) |
|---|---|
| something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness | the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion |
| an angry disturbance | a noisy fight |
| activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption | |
| electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication | |
| a disorderly outburst or tumult | |
| (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | |
| an unhappy and worried mental state |
| bother (verb) | disturbance (verb) |
|---|---|
| cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | |
| make confused or perplexed or puzzled | |
| make nervous or agitated | |
| intrude or enter uninvited | |
| take the trouble to do something; concern oneself | |
| to cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
Words related to "bother"
- affect
- agitate
- annoy
- annoyance
- antagonise
- antagonize
- bear on
- bear upon
- beset
- bother
- botheration
- chafe
- charge
- charge up
- chevvy
- chevy
- chivvy
- chivy
- commove
- confuse
- devil
- discommode
- disconcert
- disoblige
- displease
- distress
- disturbance
- eat into
- excite
- flurry
- fret
- fuss
- get
- get at
- get to
- get under one's skin
- grate
- gravel
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- impact
- incommode
- inconvenience
- inconvenience oneself
- infliction
- intrude
- irritant
- irritate
- irrupt
- molest
- nark
- negative stimulus
- nettle
- nuisance
- pain
- pain in the ass
- pain in the neck
- peeve
- perturbation
- plague
- provoke
- put off
- put out
- rag
- rankle
- reach
- rile
- rouse
- ruffle
- strain
- straiten
- strive
- thorn
- touch
- touch on
- trouble
- trouble oneself
- turn on
- vex
Words related to "disturbance"
- Asperger's syndrome
- XT
- aberration
- activity
- affective disorder
- affray
- agitation
- anxiety disorder
- atmospheric static
- atmospherics
- background
- background signal
- battle royal
- bother
- carnival
- circus
- clutter
- combat
- commotion
- conversion disorder
- conversion hysteria
- conversion reaction
- convulsion
- crosstalk
- delirium
- delusional disorder
- derangement
- din
- disorder
- disorganisation
- disorganization
- disruption
- dissociative disorder
- disturb
- earthquake
- emotional disorder
- emotional disturbance
- encopresis
- excitement
- fadeout
- fight
- fighting
- flutter
- folie
- folie a deux
- fray
- furor
- furore
- fuss
- garboil
- hassle
- havoc
- hoo-ha
- hoo-hah
- hullabaloo
- hurly burly
- incident
- interference
- jitter
- kerfuffle
- magnetic storm
- major affective disorder
- mayhem
- melee
- mental disorder
- mental disturbance
- motility
- motion
- move
- movement
- neurosis
- neuroticism
- noise
- outburst
- overthrow
- personality disorder
- perturbation
- psychiatry
- psychological disorder
- psychological medicine
- psychoneurosis
- psychopathology
- psychosomatic disorder
- rampage
- ruckus
- ruction
- ruffle
- rumpus
- schizothymia
- scrap
- scrimmage
- splash
- static
- stir
- storm
- storm center
- storm centre
- tempest
- to-do
- trouble
- tumult
- tumultuous disturbance
- tumultuousness
- turmoil
- upheaval
- uproar
- upset
- violent disorder
- white noise
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