What's the difference between composure and disconcert?

Composure


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
  • (n.) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
  • (n.) Frame; make; temperament.
  • (n.) A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.
  • (n.) A combination; a union; a bond.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is never any chink in her composure – any hint of tension – and while I can't imagine what it must feel like to be so at ease with one's world, I don't think she is faking it.
  • (2) "Also, Although not noticeable in the league so far, in Europe you can really see they miss the steel and composure of Wanyama in the centre of the park and the opportunist nature of Gary Hooper up front."
  • (3) Their composure was shattered from the moment Alex McCarthy gifted the visitors an equaliser, all authority wrested away in the blink of an eye and Liverpool , suddenly focused where previously they had been limp and ineffective, the more persuasive threat in what time that remained.
  • (4) He's young, very quick, good composure, presence and an outstanding replacement for Van der Sar.
  • (5) There was a hiccup when Murray, perhaps while thinking of what to say afterwards, served consecutive double-faults at the start of the third set before regaining his composure and coasting to the line.
  • (6) At the time she was preternaturally calm, though she did find her composure sometimes slipped at the hospital.
  • (7) Stockmarkets have regained some composure after Tuesday's sell-off, but EU officials are angry that Papandreou's action has guaranteed weeks, if not months, of political uncertainty and market volatility.
  • (8) I just held my composure in those moments when the match was going his way, especially when he won the third set,” Djokovic said.
  • (9) The film's premise may lack credibility, but Mackie certainly doesn't: he's excellent at allowing his character's compassion to simmer beneath his professional composure.
  • (10) Struggling to maintain his composure, Ed, the 40-year-old former energy secretary, made a short, dignified acceptance speech in which he heaped praise on his brother and the other defeated candidates, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott .
  • (11) This time it was Cherundolo who goofed, kicking air as a long ball flew through to Djebbour, who again lacked composure and plopped a ridiculous shot into the sidenetting.
  • (12) Many relatives struggled to keep their composure, voices cracking, as they read out the name of their own loved-one.
  • (13) It's exactly the kind of composure the markets look for in a Fed chair.
  • (14) The local girl, who has home schooling so she can focus on training, showed composure worthy of a seasoned professional - and fighting spirit notoriously rare in British tennis - to produce some crucial winners and overcome the third seed, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand, eventually triumphing 6-3 3-6 6-1.
  • (15) Yet the ball rebounded to Reid, who he kept his composure to shoot home.
  • (16) Whittingdale defended the composure of the panel: “Each member of the independent advisory group brings individual skills, experience and expertise.
  • (17) Suddenly in the deepest waters of his career, Quillin showed impressive composure and conditioning to rally down the stretch.
  • (18) What they lacked, perhaps, was composure on the ball.
  • (19) Before Liverpool had properly recovered their composure, Jay Spearing gave the ball away to Antonio Valencia in a dangerous area, leaving the winger with the simple task of playing Rooney clear through the middle to strike a low shot under Pepe Reina.
  • (20) The suggestion of intimidation is the only time he even vaguely loses his composure.

Disconcert


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
  • (v. t.) To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
  • (n.) Want of concert; disagreement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Having read Gill's own account of his experimental sexual connections with his dog in a later craft community at Pigotts near High Wycombe, his woodcut The Hound of St Dominic develops some distinctly disconcerting features.
  • (2) People wander this disconcerting garden a long time, uneasy and reflective.
  • (3) More disconcerting for his club, country and the game itself with a World Cup on the horizon were the succession of injury problems that prompted allegations of burn-out in the four-time Ballon d'Or winner.
  • (4) Low degrees of role interference is likewise disconcerting to persons but in the absence of an external target for aggression may lead to self deprecation and ultimately suicide.
  • (5) A further disconcerting feature was the resemblance of the distal right ventricular chamber to the rudimentary chamber of a univentricular heart of left ventricular type.
  • (6) That disconcerting height, always looming, regally.
  • (7) There is something slightly disconcerting about seeing Terry Hall laugh - at least the first time it happens.
  • (8) Despite their disconcerting appearance on angiography, spontaneous dissections of the internal carotid arteries are often associated with a good prognosis.
  • (9) Romney said the fallout from the G4S security fiasco and a threatened strike by immigration officials were "disconcerting" and questioned whether British people would get behind the Games.
  • (10) Despite such brooding work, in person Stephens is lanky, jovially sweary, with a disconcerting habit of speaking in elegant sentences, and bookends our interview with heartfelt tributes to his wife and three children.
  • (11) The authors suggest that dichotomous variables deserve greatest clinical reliance; that time in training, alone, does not improve clinical performance; and that there is a disconcertingly large amount of inter- and intraobserver disagreement in this fundamental clinical task.
  • (12) City fan Matthew Cobb may be disconcerted, and paradoxically strangely comforted, with the news that his team are still in the dressing room.
  • (13) Prior arterial surgery was not shown to make AK amputation more likely, but it was disconcerting to note that limb salvage was not achieved in many individuals despite patent proximal inflow revascularization procedures.
  • (14) The opacity of these “other factors” aside, Facebook’s sometimes disconcerting suggestions – perhaps more accurately titled “people you most definitely know, but have no intention of adding” – have been remarked upon since it introduced the feature in 2008 .
  • (15) It is only the expression, often disconcerting, of a method of cerebral suffering and the clinician should be aware of its various presentations.
  • (16) Romney told NBC News: "There are a few things that were disconcerting.
  • (17) But it is disconcerting when you encounter it in real life.
  • (18) While these changes may be potentially disconcerting, the observations of this study show that they are not related to changes in heart rate or other clinical criteria associated with myocardial ischemia.
  • (19) My son was disconcerted when we moved back to the UK, and found that the "library" in his new primary school ("excellent", according to Ofsted) was a small bookcase halfway down a corridor.
  • (20) Locals love it and foreigners often find it disconcerting.