Chaos vs. Confusion

Chaosnoun

(obsolete) A vast chasm or abyss.

Chaosnoun

The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony

Chaosnoun

Any state of disorder, any confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.

Chaosnoun

A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.

Chaosnoun

(mathematics) Behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.

Chaosnoun

(fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.

Chaosnoun

An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm.

Chaosnoun

The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms.

Chaosnoun

Any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder.

Chaosnoun

a state of extreme confusion and disorder

Chaosnoun

the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos

Chaosnoun

(Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe

Chaosnoun

(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions

Chaosnoun

complete disorder and confusion

Chaosnoun

the property of a complex system whose behaviour is so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions.

Chaosnoun

the formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe.

Chaosnoun

the first created being, from which came the primeval deities Gaia, Tartarus, Erebus, and Nyx.

Confusionnoun

A lack of clarity or order.

Confusionnoun

The state of being confused; misunderstanding.

Confusionnoun

(archaic) A state of shame or embarrassment.

Confusionnoun

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

Confusionnoun

The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Confusionnoun

Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

Confusionnoun

One who confuses; a confounder.

Confusionnoun

disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably;

Confusionnoun

a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior;

Confusionnoun

a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused

Confusionnoun

an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended;

Confusionnoun

a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another;

Confusion

In medicine, confusion is the quality or state of being bewildered or unclear. The term is often used interchangeably with delirium in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and the Medical Subject Headings publications to describe the pathology.