storm vs disturbance
disturbance vs stormstorm and disturbance both are nouns.
storm is a verb but disturbance is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| storm | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| disturbance | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
disturbance is a hypernym of
storm; that is, disturbance is a
word with a broader meaning than storm:
- storm: a violent commotion or disturbance
- disturbance: a disorderly outburst or tumult
Other hypernyms of storm include
commotion, disruption, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do.
| storm (noun) | disturbance (noun) |
|---|---|
| a direct and violent assault on a stronghold | the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion |
| a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning | a noisy fight |
| a violent commotion or disturbance | 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 |
| storm (verb) | disturbance (verb) |
|---|---|
| attack by storm; attack suddenly | |
| take by force | |
| behave violently, as if in state of a great anger | |
| blow hard | |
| rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning |
Words related to "storm"
- Beaufort scale
- acquit
- act
- assail
- assault
- atmospheric phenomenon
- attack
- bear
- behave
- blizzard
- blow
- boom
- carry
- commotion
- comport
- conduct
- deport
- disruption
- disturbance
- do
- electric storm
- electrical storm
- firestorm
- flutter
- force
- hailstorm
- hoo-ha
- hoo-hah
- hurly burly
- ice storm
- kerfuffle
- noreaster
- northeaster
- penetrate
- perforate
- rage
- rain
- rain down
- rainstorm
- ramp
- silver storm
- snowstorm
- storm center
- storm centre
- stormy
- surprise
- tempest
- thunder
- thunderstorm
- to-do
- violent storm
- wind scale
- windstorm
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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