Impaired vs. Disturbed — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Impaired and Disturbed
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Impaired
Diminished, damaged, or weakened
An impaired sense of smell.
Disturbed
Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function
Disturbed soil.
Impaired
Functioning poorly or incompetently
A driver so tired as to be impaired.
Disturbed
Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled
Taught disturbed children.
Sent disturbed messages.
Impaired
Having a physical or mental disability.
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Disturbed
Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
Impaired
People who have a physical or mental disability considered as a group. Usually used in combination
Communication aids for the speech-impaired.
Disturbed
Extremely alarmed; shocked.
Impaired
Rendered less effective.
His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.
Disturbed
Simple past tense and past participle of disturb
Impaired
Inebriated, drunk.
Disturbed
Having the place or position changed;
The disturbed books and papers on her desk
Disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
Impaired
Simple past tense and past participle of impair
Disturbed
Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
Too upset to say anything
Spent many disquieted moments
Distressed about her son's leaving home
Lapsed into disturbed sleep
Worried parents
A worried frown
One last worried check of the sleeping children
Impaired
A criminal charge for driving a vehicle while impaired.
The cop gave me an impaired.
Disturbed
Emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
Impaired
Diminished in strength, quality, or utility;
Impaired eyesight
Disturbed
Lacking order or stability;
These unsettled times
Impaired
Mentally or physically unfit
Disturbed
Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad
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