splash vs disturbance
disturbance vs splashsplash and disturbance both are nouns.
splash is a verb but disturbance is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| splash | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| disturbance | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
disturbance is a hypernym of
splash; that is, disturbance is a
word with a broader meaning than splash:
- splash: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
- disturbance: a disorderly outburst or tumult
Other hypernyms of splash include
commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do.
| splash (noun) | disturbance (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion |
| the act of scattering water about haphazardly | a noisy fight |
| a patch of bright color | activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption |
| the sound like water splashing | electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication |
| a small quantity of something moist or liquid | a disorderly outburst or tumult |
| a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness |
| an unhappy and worried mental state |
| splash (verb) | disturbance (verb) |
|---|---|
| dash a liquid upon or against | |
| cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | |
| strike and dash about in a liquid | |
| soil or stain with a splashed liquid | |
| mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered | |
| walk through mud or mire | |
| make a splashing sound |
Words related to "splash"
- begrime
- bemire
- colly
- commotion
- cover
- dab
- dapple
- dirty
- disperse
- disruption
- disturbance
- dot
- drizzle
- dust
- fleck
- flutter
- footslog
- go
- grime
- hoo-ha
- hoo-hah
- hurly burly
- kerfuffle
- maculation
- moisten
- noise
- overlay
- pad
- painting
- patch
- plash
- plod
- puddle
- salt
- scatter
- slog
- slop
- slosh
- slosh around
- slush
- slush around
- small indefinite amount
- small indefinite quantity
- soil
- sound
- spatter
- spattering
- speckle
- splashing
- splashy
- splat
- splatter
- splattering
- splosh
- spot
- sprinkle
- squelch
- squish
- stir
- swash
- swatter
- to-do
- tramp
- trudge
- wetting
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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