Difference between Perturb and Derange

What is the difference between Perturb and Derange?

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

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.

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 stateto disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone

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

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