What's the difference between discontented and restless?

Discontented


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Discontent
  • (p. p. & a.) Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Likewise, Merkel's Germany seems to be replicating the same erroneous policy as that of 1930, when a devotion to fiscal orthodoxy plunged the Weimar Republic into mass discontent that fuelled the flames of National Socialism.
  • (2) In the UK the twin threat of Ukip and the BNP tap into similar veins of discontent as their counterparts across the English channel.
  • (3) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
  • (4) Vladimir Putin brushed off complaints of election fixing during his annual televised live chat with the nation on Thursday , but behind the scenes his lieutenants are anxiously plotting how to quell rising discontent.
  • (5) His speech at the United Nations has been seen as a move to placate growing discontents in Palestinian society.
  • (6) During a time of ongoing industrial action in response to a continuing position of contractual imposition, there is obvious and significant discontent amongst the junior doctor workforce.” Junior doctors are only willing to support the review after the current industrial dispute is resolved, the statement ends.
  • (7) The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest organised political movement, added its voice to the chorus of discontent, accusing Scaf of contradicting 'all human, religious and patriotic values' with their callousness and warning that the revolution that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year was able to rise again.
  • (8) As public sector workers prepare for the biggest strike since the Winter of Discontent in 1979, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that workers in the worst paid jobs – such as dinner ladies, hairdressers and waiters – have seen their pay fall sharply in real terms, fanning fears about families' ability to cope with soaring food and energy bills.
  • (9) These projects served the broader purpose of European integration, but they overlooked critical flaws in the architecture of monetary union that need to be decisively addressed so that the euro fulfils its promise of economic prosperity and prevents Europe from slipping even more into division and discontent.
  • (10) Then, in English, a simple statement that has come to define a Japanese summer of public discontent, the likes of which it has not seen in a generation: “This is what democracy looks like!” Amid the trade union and civic group banners were colourful, bilingual placards held aloft by a new generation of activists who have assumed the mantle of mass protest as Japan braces for the biggest shift in its defence posture for 70 years.
  • (11) Sceptics think Prokhorov will be one of half a dozen "approved" candidates used to soak up discontent with his soothing talk of inexorable change, while posing no real threat to Putin's supremacy.
  • (12) Tony Abbott has tried to stem the tide of discontent within his own party ranks, defending his decision to award a knighthood to Prince Philip and saying the government is “strong and effective” under his leadership.
  • (13) Last month, public discontent spilled over for the first time when Putin was booed during an appearance at a martial arts fight , an event described by analysts as a watershed moment in his rule.
  • (14) Discontent with the monarchy is no longer confined to avowedly republican parties or rightwingers, who have never forgiven the king for introducing democracy and transforming the state handed to him by dictator General Francisco Franco on his death in 1975, when Spain's historically fragile monarchy was restored for the second time in a century.
  • (15) Now it struggles with a slowing economy, insecurity and domestic discontent – whose effects might be seen in the upcoming elections.
  • (16) "All kinds of social conflicts have constantly accumulated, and feelings of discontent have consistently risen," it warns.
  • (17) Rumblings of discontent had been circulating for months with the two clashing over player recruitment following a summer of inexplicable inactivity at Bloomfield Road , and the point of no return appeared to be reached when then-Burton boss Gary Rowett was openly offered the job in September.
  • (18) A white woman held a sign reading: “Arrest Darren Wilson.” An African American man nearby held another, expressing discontent that Wilson was not detained: “If I killed a man I wouldn’t be on vacation.” One of the protesters, who gave his name only as Walter G, said he had been in the army and added that the attitude of some of the police in Ferguson reminded him of men in combat.
  • (19) It now connotes much more than an economic strategy, evoking, as the phrase “winter of discontent” did for so many years, a much broader sense of unease.
  • (20) Even if there was no consistent political platform mobilising the protesters, the protests functioned as part of a large-scale educational process: the protesters' misery and discontent were transformed into a great collective act of mobilisation – hundreds of thousands gathered in public squares, proclaiming that they had enough, that things could not go on like that.

Restless


Definition:

  • (a.) Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.
  • (a.) Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects.
  • (a.) Deprived of rest or sleep.
  • (a.) Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.
  • (a.) Not affording rest; as, a restless chair.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Markram's papers on synaptic plasticity and the microcircuitry of the neural cortex were enough to earn him a full professorship at the age of 40, but his discoveries left him restless and dissatisfied.
  • (2) Twelve days following discontinuation of the drug, the patient continued to experience diarrhea, restlessness, emotional lability, and anxiety.
  • (3) The striking weakness of Clegg's thesis was what it left out in its attempt to carve out a position for restless party activists as their poll ratings dip (down to 14% according to ICM) as Miliband tones down his own anti-Lib Dem rhetoric to woo them.
  • (4) He was admitted to the Hitachi General Hospital because of finger tremor, restlessness and urinary incontinence.
  • (5) The restless legs syndrome is a sensory and motor disorder of evening, repose, and sleep.
  • (6) Seven patients suffering from restless legs syndrome (RLS) and periodic movements in sleep (PMS) were investigated before and after treatment with L-Dopa.
  • (7) There have even been signs that Löw is becoming slightly restless, having started to criticise players in public, something that would have been unthinkable a few years back.
  • (8) After a restless night I unwound the trade the following morning at a small profit.
  • (9) The feeling of restlessness and fatigue started to take its toll and I spent more and more time alone.
  • (10) We conclude that the restless mutation alters a Ca2+-activated potassium conductance other than the one previously described.
  • (11) However, by 1994 the increasingly restless veteran jock was lured away again to Capital, where he could be heard crashing his way through Pick of the Pops Take Three at weekends, and to Virgin Radio, which took up his rock show.
  • (12) Ratings on visual analogue scales showed that metoclopramide caused statistically significant (P less than 0.01 difference from placebo) restlessness and slight but significantly less (P less than 0.05 difference from placebo) feeling of happiness.
  • (13) Variations in MAO activity were not significantly associated with the 65 clinical variables analyzed, although there was a tendency for patients in the low-MAO group to have more severely impaired reality testing, more paranoid and grandiose delusions, better prognostic scores, and less restlessness.
  • (14) The clinical symptoms of acute toxication are similar for all studied phenols (restlessness, unsteadiness, clonic tremor, paresis and paralysis of extremities, and death).
  • (15) of exposure, but two of these had been rather restless throughout the session.
  • (16) Hyperkinesis refers to a combination of traits that typically include: overactivity; restlessness; short attention span; distractability; low frustration tolerance; impulsiveness.
  • (17) All the groups showed significant pre- to post-treatment reductions in sweating, palpitations, restlessness, dry mouth, muscular tension, nausea, loss of appetite and upset stomach and the extent of these reductions were not different for the different treatments.
  • (18) The individual number of pathological scores showed a decrease already within the first treatment week and a further decrease by the end of the trial, especially for the items of capriciousness, obstinacy, irritability and restlessness.
  • (19) Subjective symptoms of venous hypertension were assessed by an analogue scale line considering four symptoms: swelling sensation, restless lower extremity, pain and cramps, and tiredness.
  • (20) It includes gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea and diarrhea, headache, dizziness, and restlessness.