Difference between Derange and Perturb

What is the difference between Derange and Perturb?

Derange as a verb is to cause someone to go insane (usually used in the passive, see deranged) while Perturb as a verb is to disturb; to bother or unsettle.

Derange

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to cause someone to go insane (usually used in the passive, see deranged) to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone

Perturb

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To disturb; to bother or unsettle.To slightly modify the motion of an object.To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.To modify slightly, such as an equation or value.

We hope you now know whether to use Derange or Perturb in your sentence.

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