What's the difference between disconcerting and disquieting?

Disconcerting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcert

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.

Disquieting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disquiet

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, when public disquiet at the crime and social damage caused by alcohol prohibition led to its repeal, Anslinger saw his position as being in danger.
  • (2) However not until then can a fair handicap scale be developed for workers who develop this disquieting symptom as a result of their occupation.
  • (3) Love Streams, his new album of beat-free, long-form compositions, is complex, evocative, arrestingly beautiful and disquietingly intense.
  • (4) Green groups condemn Glencore involvement in Garden Bridge project Read more Meanwhile, disquiet over the bridge’s environmental credentials is gathering momentum.
  • (5) Uefa has said it is open to proposals about the future of the competition, amid disquiet from clubs outside England about the spending power of Premier League clubs in the wake of their £8.3bn TV deal, but is expected to strongly resist any move to propose qualification should be on anything other than merit.
  • (6) In recent months several employers have distanced themselves from the growing disquiet at the overuse of contracts that offer no guarantee of work by offering workers full-time contracts.
  • (7) People eagerly accept such evidence-free claims "because the alternative mean[s] confronting outright mendacity from otherwise respected authorities, trading the calm of certainty for the disquiet of doubt".
  • (8) Following United's dismal 2-0 Champions League defeat at Oympiakos on Tuesday, Van Persie signalled his disquiet by complaining that his team-mates were taking up positions he wanted to occupy.
  • (9) The meeting at Tamarron illustrated the multiplicity of molecular changes found in breast cancer and concluded with the disquieting sense that, so far, there is no simple unifying molecular model to explain the etiology of the disease.
  • (10) Photograph: Guillaume Bression for the Guardian It is testament to the disquiet the protests have caused that Abe appears determined to pass the bills by Friday, ahead of five straight days of public holidays that could bring even bigger crowds out on the streets.
  • (11) Physically we need to give them that introduction but they are close to making the squad for the weekend.” Gareth Barry has urged fans to be patient amid growing disquiet over Everton’s lack of transfer business.
  • (12) Despite the sometimes self-deprecating shtick – in sharp contrast to Putin's self-mythologising antics – there remains disquiet about what Navalny really represents, behind the caustic put-downs and cool persona.
  • (13) His view represents more widespread disquiet within the Labour party about the leadership’s decision to accept May’s plan to leave the single market, but then attempt to replicate its attributes in a trade deal.
  • (14) It is also no coincidence the perception of one of the finest teams of all time has shifted during what, by Messi's standards, has been a disquieting campaign on and off the pitch for the Argentina international.
  • (15) Multiple synonymous nomenclature used to describe the histopathology of these tumors is disquieting and requires clarification.
  • (16) From Tory philosopher Phillip Blond 's attacks on "individualism", to Tory MP Jesse Norman's criticism of monopolistic " crony capitalism ", to Ferdinand Mount – once head of Thatcher's Downing Street policy unit – worrying about the concentration of wealth among " the new few ", there is strengthening disquiet at some of the forces the 80s set in motion.
  • (17) The publication of Final Exit resulted in a public response that was exuberant, largely sympathetic and, to many within hospice, disquieting.
  • (18) Burzan's comments reflect deep disquiet within Montenegro over the future direction for Kostunica over issues such as Montenegro and Kosovo, with some Montenegrins privately expressing deep disquiet.
  • (19) There will remain much disquiet about the inclusion of Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia in the agreement.
  • (20) This situation initially appeared to cause some disquiet to my hosts, though this later gave way to a more relaxed attitude with the sentiment that Genevan lawyers would be discreet, something that I did nothing to discourage.” On clinching arrangements in London, the bank manager wrote: “We subsequently repaired to the Ritz, for a very enjoyable lunch.” Humphreys told the Guardian his father eventually had to repay about $224,000 (£147,000) for evading tax due to the UK.